Lost ski areas
439 ski areas that closed, each where it stood. Find the one you skied.
Much of this land is private. Look from here, and go only where a sign or the owner says you may.
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- 2020–2023 · ColoradoA ski area with no lifts on Bear Mountain between Kremmling and Steamboat Springs, where skiers climbed under their own power, open for three winters from 2020 to 2023.
- 1937–2001 · ColoradoA ski area on both sides of the Continental Divide at Berthoud Pass, Colorado, that ran lifts from 1937 to 2001, though not every winter.Today (2018): A Forest Service rest area and warming hut stand where the lodge was, and backcountry skiers use the old runs.
- 1978–1993 · ColoradoA chairlift ski area in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Westcliffe that ran from 1978 to 1988, then one last season as Mountain Cliffe in 1992–93.Today (2004): The old base lodge and hotel serve as the Hermit Basin Conference Center, which mostly hosts religious retreats.
- 1959–1991 · ColoradoA night-lit ski hill at the foot of Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, built by the Broadmoor Hotel, that ran from 1959 to 1991.Today (2024): The old runs still show on the lower slopes of Cheyenne Mountain, most plainly after a snowfall.
- 1972–1988 · ColoradoA small platter-lift ski area at the Indian Mountain subdivision near Jefferson, in Park County, that ran on and off from 1972 to 1988.Today (2024): The land holds a subdivision of vacation homes, and the old lodge stands in Indian Mountain Park beside hiking trails and a disc golf course.
- 1967–1987 · ColoradoA family-owned ski area in Sugarite Canyon northeast of Raton, New Mexico, at the Colorado line, that ran in spells from 1967 to the late 1980s.Today (2006): With the lifts and lodge gone, old snowmaking pipe and Poma lift parts still lay on the slope.
- 1939–1986 · ColoradoBreckenridge's town learning hill at Carter Park, served by rope tows on and off from 1939 until 1986.Today (2026): Carter Park, four blocks east of Main Street, has a free walk-up sledding hill with a shed of sleds to borrow.
- 1971–1986 · ColoradoA one-slope ski hill on a bluff above the Poudre River just outside Greeley, the lowest ski area Colorado ever had, open from 1971 to 1986.Today (2014): The hill is a private residence, and only a metal gate hints at its past.
- 1961–1986 · ColoradoA small ski area in Hideaway Park, now downtown Winter Park, Colorado, that ran a Pomagalski double chair from 1961 until March 1986.Today (2018): The old slopes near the Rendezvous development are private land, crossed by public hiking and biking trails that keep run names such as Yankee Doodle.
- Closed 1986 · ColoradoA small T-bar and rope-tow ski area below St. Mary's Glacier, past the town of Alice west of Idaho Springs, that last ran in 1986.Today (2023): Backcountry skiers and snowboarders use the old slopes for most of the year.
- 1976–1986 · ColoradoA small beginner ski hill run by the Tamarron resort north of Durango, with a rope tow from the mid-1970s and a short double chair from 1981.Today: The rope tow and the double chair have both been removed.
- Closed 1985 · ColoradoA free rope-tow hill on a ranch just north of Oak Creek, run for the town from the mid-1960s until March 1985.
- Closed 1985 · ColoradoA rope-tow beginner hill on Highway 165 near Bigelow Divide, outside Wetmore and north of Lake San Isabel, that ran from the 1960s to the mid-1980s.Today (1993): The old slope was turning back into cow pasture.
- 1951–1985 · ColoradoA club-run ski area on Highway 145 at Stoner, 26 miles from Cortez, with T-bars and a large vertical drop for its size, open from 1951 to 1985.Today (1992): The old slopes are plainly visible from Highway 145 at Stoner.
- 1972–1984 · ColoradoA small night-skiing area beside Interstate 70 near Genesee, owned by Arapahoe Basin founder Larry Jump, that ran from 1972 to 1984.Today (2024): The old ski area lies within the Bear Creek Ranch property in Jefferson County, recently sold by the Medved family.
- 1963–1984 · ColoradoA ski area by Guanella Pass in Colorado's Pike National Forest that opened as Indianhead in the early 1960s and closed in 1984.Today (2026): The ski patrol building still stands at the top of the old Duck Creek lift, and backcountry skiers walk in from an access gate to ski the former trails.
- 1936–1984 · ColoradoThe Pikes Peak Ski Club's area on the Pikes Peak Highway, first at Glen Cove from 1936 and later at Elk Park, which closed after the 1984 season.Today (2023): Trees are growing back over the old runs, and the area is getting harder to make out.
- 1966–1984 · ColoradoA small surface-lift ski hill on Highway 96 east of Westcliffe, past Querida, run by the owners of a nearby ranch from 1966 to 1984.Today (1992): Old surface tows still stood in a farmer's yard beside Highway 96.
- 1972–1983 · ColoradoA small beginner hill built for the Forest Lakes subdivision north of Bayfield, open from 1972 to 1983.
- 1938–1977 · ColoradoA small foothills ski area off Deer Creek Canyon Road in Jefferson County that began as Watson's Ski Hill and ran as Fun Valley from the mid-1960s.Today: The land is private, and one surface lift still stands on the old slopes.
- 1962–1976 · ColoradoA one-T-bar ski area beside Highway 62 west of Dallas Divide, near Ridgway, that ran from about 1962 into the mid-1970s.Today: Trees grow on the old runs, and the lodge is part of a house built on the former parking lot.
- 1971–1974 · ColoradoA one-chairlift ski area on Mount Daly above Marble, the first piece of a large resort and real estate plan that collapsed in 1974.Today: The land is private and sold as home sites; the base of the old chair, the unfinished lodge and the warming hut, now a cabin, still stand.
- 1973–1973 · ColoradoA two-chairlift ski area built near Pearl Lake, north of Steamboat Springs, for a planned resort community; its lifts ran for one season at most, in 1973.Today (2021): Part of the old ski hill is a private home site, where concrete lift footings still sit.
- 1965–1971 · ColoradoA ski area southwest of Woodland Park that Harlan and Kay Nimrod built with their Holiday Hills subdivision and ran from the mid-1960s into the early 1970s.Today (2006): The lodge is a private home, and concrete lift footings and old grooming equipment remained on the hillside in 2006.
- 1968–1971 · ColoradoA small family-run ski area on Trail Mountain, west of Lake Granby between Granby and Grand Lake, open in the late 1960s and early 1970s.Today (2018): The land is private property.
- 1966–1969 · ColoradoA small family-run ski area at Dowd Junction, north of Minturn, that ran from 1966 to 1969 before Vail bought it.Today (2020): The old slopes are public land used for backcountry skiing, sledding, hiking and mountain biking, and the base lodge still stands in sight of I-70.
- 1965–1966 · ColoradoA one-chairlift ski area on Red Mountain west of Glenwood Springs that operated in 1965 and 1966 before its lift was sold to Sunlight.
- 1940–1966 · ColoradoA club-run rope-tow and Poma hill on the Grand Mesa, called Old Powderhorn by locals, that closed in 1966 when Powderhorn opened below it.Today: The old runs are still there, and backcountry skiers climb to them from the Highway 65 sledding hill.
- 1948–1963 · ColoradoA city ski hill and jumping site on Chautauqua Mesa in Boulder, run on and off from 1948 to 1963 with a single rope tow.Today (2025): Traces of the old jumps remain on the mesa, now part of Chautauqua Park and popular with sledders.
- 1936–1962 · ColoradoA company ski hill on Chalk Mountain atop Fremont Pass, run mainly for workers at the Climax molybdenum mine from the mid-1930s into the early 1960s.Today: The Climax mine at the top of the pass still operates on a limited basis.
- 1960–1961 · ColoradoA one-T-bar beginner hill at Redstone in the Crystal River Valley that ran for a single winter, 1960–61.Today (2009): The land is private; the T-bar's drive terminal and top station were still standing in 2009.
- 1945–1961 · ColoradoA small rope tow hill on the south edge of Tabernash that the Tabernash Ski Club ran from 1945 to 1961.Today: The slope, apparently at the south end of County Road 524, has partly grown over.
- 1957–1959 · ColoradoA family rope-tow hill on the Yeager Ranch west of Durango that ran from 1957 to 1959.
- 1958–1959 · ColoradoA small ski hill with Colorado's first snowmaking, built in 1958 beside the Magic Mountain theme park west of Golden and gone by 1960.Today (2018): Much of the old ski slope has been quarried away, and Heritage Square, the park that replaced Magic Mountain, closed in 2018.
- 1950–1953 · ColoradoA family-built rope-tow ski area on Baker Mountain at Muddy Pass, on the east side of Rabbit Ears Pass, that ran from 1950 to 1953.Today (2018): Backcountry skiers still climb its open east-facing slope, which lies in national forest and is easily seen from U.S. 40.
- 1948–1953 · ColoradoA volunteer-run tow hill on Rio Blanco Hill, 15 miles north of Rifle on Highway 13, started by local plant workers, that ran from 1948 to 1953.
- 1939–1952 · ColoradoA club ski area on Cement Mountain south of Crested Butte that opened in 1939 with Colorado's first chairlift and closed in the 1950s.Today (2006): The lift's base terminal, part of its bullwheel and the guest cabins at the base still stood in 2006.
- 1941–1952 · ColoradoA single-chairlift ski area on Red Mountain just west of Glenwood Springs that ran from 1941 to 1952.
- 1947–1952 · ColoradoA rope-tow ski area on Highway 7 near Allenspark, about 19 miles from Lyons, that opened in 1947 and ran into the early 1950s.
- 1947–1952 · ColoradoA rope-tow ski hill about two miles southeast of Hot Sulphur Springs that ran from 1947 to 1952.Today (2018): Most of the old valley is private land, with no public access to the former slopes.
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