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Alpine Meadows sat on an Adirondack foothill ridge at Porters Corners, in the town of Greenfield, near today's Brookhaven Golf Course. NELSAP credits Ed Taylor, who had trained Army troops at Mount Rainier during World War II, with starting it around 1947; Lost NY dates its first season to 1944.1,2
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Lost near Alpine Meadows
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Closed 1981 · 18.8 mi away · New YorkA two-rope-tow ski hill off Ridge Road in Glenville, beside Ski Venture, that ran on leased land from about the 1950s until 1981.
- Years not yet collected · 19.1 mi away · New YorkA private, members-only ski club on Johnson Road in Glenville, across the road from Ski Venture, with two rope tows on about 100 feet of vertical.
- Years not yet collected · 22.9 mi away · New YorkA small ski area off Rynex Corner Road in Pattersonville, west of Schenectady, known over the years as Homestead, Fox Hollow and Eagle Mountain.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Alpine Meadows sat on an Adirondack foothill ridge at Porters Corners, in the town of Greenfield, near today's Brookhaven Golf Course. NELSAP credits Ed Taylor, who had trained Army troops at Mount Rainier during World War II, with starting it around 1947; Lost NY dates its first season to 1944. Early guides list six to nine rope tows, and two platter pulls arrived in 1951.1,2
New owners renamed it Adirondack Ski Center in 1965 and moved to Hall T-bars, three of them by 1968. Guides of the 1970s and 1980s give a base of 900 feet, a vertical drop of 1,000 feet, and ten slopes and trails with a longest run of 2.5 miles. It faced southeast, suited novices and intermediates, and ran on weekends and holidays.1,2
The Alpine Meadows name came back in 1987. Lost NY gives its last season as 1991 and NELSAP its closing as 1993; sources differ. Both point to a land dispute: the area lay on three parcels, and the owner of the middle one no longer wanted skiing there. NELSAP also notes that it had no snowmaking.1,2
Timeline
- 1944First season, as Lost NY dates it2
- c. 1947Ed Taylor starts the area, by NELSAP's account1
- 1951Two platter pulls join the rope tows1
- 1965Renamed Adirondack Ski Center; its first Hall T-bar goes in1,2
- 1968Three T-bars now serve the hill1
- 1987The Alpine Meadows name returns2
- 1991Last season, according to Lost NY2
- 1993The area closes, according to NELSAP1
Sources for this history (2)
- 1New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Alpine Meadows/Adirondack Ski Center
- 2Skikabbalah · Alpine Meadows (Adirondack Ski Center)
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Alpine Meadows, in their own words.
Facts
Location
43.1795° N · 73.9082° W · New York · Adirondack Mountains
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1944–1993
Closed after the 1993 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
all 4all 4, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain