Lost ski areaNew HampshireNortheast
Brickyard Mountain
Closed after the 1984 season. A hotel ski area at Weirs Beach on Lake Winnipesaukee, with a double chairlift and night skiing, that ran into the early 1980s.
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Brickyard Mountain rose beside U.S. Route 3 at Weirs Beach, near Laconia, above Lake Winnipesaukee.1,2
Read the whole historyTodayLittle of the ski area remains, and the Meredith Bay development occupies the site.1
Timeline
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Memories
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Lost near Brickyard Mountain
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Closed 1992 · 11.9 mi away · New HampshireA small family T-bar area in Moultonborough with a 370-foot drop, open to the public from about 1970 until 1992.
- Closed 1995 · 14.2 mi away · New HampshireA slope on Stage Coach Hill just south of Plymouth that ran as Wendy's Slope, then Frontenac and a ski camp, and last as Lynx Creek in 1994–95.
- Closed 1995 · 14.2 mi away · New HampshireA ski school slope on Stage Coach Hill south of Plymouth, started around 1937, that later became Frontenac's East Slope and, briefly, Lynx Creek.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Brickyard Mountain rose beside U.S. Route 3 at Weirs Beach, near Laconia, above Lake Winnipesaukee. A rope tow and a lighted slope were in place by the 1967–68 winter. Early in 1970 the Shangri-La hotel there was sold and renamed the Brickyard Mountain Inn, and by 1976 it had two lounges, restaurants, an indoor pool and cross-country ski trails.1,2
In June 1976 the inn bought snowmaking pumps and lights at auction, and a Borvig double chairlift opened for 1976–77 along with about half a dozen new trails. The next winter ticket prices rose 67 percent and sales were capped at 500 people. NELSAP gives the area a 420-foot drop, one chairlift, one rope tow and a longest trail of 3,000 feet; New England Ski History gives 392 feet. Readers remember night skiing with views of the lake.1,2
The ski area likely closed in the early 1980s; NELSAP's dates for it end in 1984. A NELSAP contributor recalls that investors bought the complex around 1982–83 to build condominiums. The Meredith Bay real estate development began on the site in the early 2000s.1,2
TodayLittle of the ski area remains, and the Meredith Bay development occupies the site.1
Timeline
- 1967A rope tow and a lighted slope are in place by 1967–681
- 1970The Shangri-La is sold and renamed the Brickyard Mountain Inn1
- 1976Snowmaking pumps and lights bought at auction in June1
- 1976A Borvig double chairlift opens for 1976–77 with new trails1
- 1977Ticket prices rise 67 percent; sales capped at 500 for 1977–781
- 1984Final year of operation in NELSAP's dates2
- c. 2000The Meredith Bay real estate development begins on the site1
Sources for this history (2)
- 1New England Ski History · Brickyard Mountain Ski Area History
- 2New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Brickyard Mountain
Photos
No photographs of Brickyard Mountain we may republish yet
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Memories
What skiers remember of Brickyard Mountain, in their own words.
Facts
Location
43.6099° N · 71.4685° W · New Hampshire
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
until 1984 · the year it opened is not yet collected
Closed after the 1984 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
all 2all 2, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain