NY Lost Ski Areas

[jamesdeluxe]

Intermont

Was always curious about that ^^ place. What do you remember?

 

[Campgottagopee]

Not too much, I was pretty young, my dad had taken me there 2 or 3 times. The one thing I remember was how the lodge was at the top of the hill. Personally I've never been to another ski area that had that.

Sometime in the 80's Capt Davy Jones bought the place (father of the NASCAR driver Davy Jones), he would fire up the lifts and have friends over to go skiing. I never had the chance to go but I do know some that had that opportunity.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

Here's what an Intermont photo search brings up:

And Russ LaChapelle's entry on his Lost NY site:

http://skikabbalah.com/lostNY/INTERMONT.htm

 

[Campgottagopee]

The pics in the gallery of that link are pretty cool. Surprised how run down the lodge is. Last I knew a group out of NJ bought the place for hunting (I used to hunt bordering land to Intermont), must be they don't use the lodge anymore.

I laughed

This snowmaking pond is full of nice bass. I've fished it many times.

 

[Campgottagopee]

I searched Intermont and came up with this

Nice work James

What's cool is I had forgotten Davy Jones renamed it Caildu Sports.

ThatNYguy: Russ LaChapelle

The rise and fall of Bearpen Mountain.

nyskiblog.com

 

[jamesdeluxe]

I'd never heard of nearby Mystic Mountain or Ironwood Ridge, but I was a hockey player growing up in CNY.

 

[Campgottagopee]

Me either. From your article I recalled Anderland. While I never skied there I do remember going tubing, and the lodge was pretty cool.

 

[Warp daddy]

Cool report James and Campy,. I love reading Jeremy Davis books on Lost ski areas.

Another "upside down" design lost ski area is Juniper Hills which was located in Harrisville ,New York near Lake Bonaparte .

You bought your ticket at the top ,then skied down a massive 170 ft vertical? overlooking the lake. It closed in 1979 I believe

 

[tirolski]

Lost Ski Areas of the Southern Adirondacks - New York Almanack

The Adirondack region has long been a favorite of skiers, as its mountains and snow cover provided a perfect landscape for downhill ski areas to develop

www.newyorkalmanack.com

One of the boys I skied with yesterday said he’s reading this one^^^ and will let me read it.
I looked for it in Charlie John’s store in Speculator, they didn’t have it, but bought a nice Speculator hat for golfing.

Lost Ski Areas of the Adirondacks -

Jeremy Davis is founder of the New England Lost Ski Areas Project (NELSAP) and author of two books on that subject. Last week I had the opportunity to talk with Davis about NELSAP, his books and lost ski areas of the Adirondacks. Jeff: So, just what is a “lost” ski area? Jeremy: It’s a ski area...

www.adirondackalmanack.com

 

[Warp daddy]

Lost Ski Areas of the Southern Adirondacks - New York Almanack

The Adirondack region has long been a favorite of skiers, as its mountains and snow cover provided a perfect landscape for downhill ski areas to develop

www.newyorkalmanack.com

One of the boys I skied with yesterday said he’s reading this one^^^ and will let me read it.
I looked for it in Charlie John’s store in Speculator, they didn’t have it, but bought a nice Speculator hat for golfing.

Lost Ski Areas of the Adirondacks -

Jeremy Davis is founder of the New England Lost Ski Areas Project (NELSAP) and author of two books on that subject. Last week I had the opportunity to talk with Davis about NELSAP, his books and lost ski areas of the Adirondacks. Jeff: So, just what is a “lost” ski area? Jeremy: It’s a ski area...

www.adirondackalmanack.com

It's a great read iha e

Lost Ski Areas of the Southern Adirondacks - New York Almanack

The Adirondack region has long been a favorite of skiers, as its mountains and snow cover provided a perfect landscape for downhill ski areas to develop

www.newyorkalmanack.com

One of the boys I skied with yesterday said he’s reading this one^^^ and will let me read it.
I looked for it in Charlie John’s store in Speculator, they didn’t have it, but bought a nice Speculator hat for golfing.

Lost Ski Areas of the Adirondacks -

Jeremy Davis is founder of the New England Lost Ski Areas Project (NELSAP) and author of two books on that subject. Last week I had the opportunity to talk with Davis about NELSAP, his books and lost ski areas of the Adirondacks. Jeff: So, just what is a “lost” ski area? Jeremy: It’s a ski area...

www.adirondackalmanack.com

Lost ski areas of the Southern Adirondacks is a great read. Wanted a couple years ago really enjoyed it I also have the northern Adirondack version too. I also bought a book last year which is a history of Snow ridge which was the closest hill to where I grew up as a kid in New Hartford New York . Really cool book can't remember the title now .