Lost ski areaMassachusettsBerkshire HillsNortheast
Brodie
Ran 1939–2002. A ski area on Brodie Mountain in New Ashford, Massachusetts, known for night skiing, whose modern era ran from 1964 to its last season in 2001–02.
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Skiing on Brodie Mountain goes back to at least 1933, when the Mt. Greylock Ski Club worked on trails there, and the club ran the mountain's first race in January 1934.1,2
Read the whole historyTodayTurbines of the Berkshire Wind Power Project stand on part of the mountain, and the old ski area is private land posted against trespassing. (2026)1,2,3
Timeline
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Memories
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Lost near Brodie
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1962–1980 · 8.9 mi away · MassachusettsA chairlift ski area at the Route 2 pass on the New York–Massachusetts line that ran 1962–69 and, renamed Mt. Raimer, 1972–80.
- Opened 1948 · 15.4 mi away · MassachusettsA small ski hill with a double chairlift at the Eastover resort in Lenox, run from the late 1940s into at least the mid-1990s.
- 1949–1989 · 16.8 mi away · MassachusettsA family-run ski area on Route 9 in West Cummington that operated from the 1949–50 winter until March 1989.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 4 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Skiing on Brodie Mountain goes back to at least 1933, when the Mt. Greylock Ski Club worked on trails there, and the club ran the mountain's first race in January 1934. By the winter of 1937–38 the hill advertised four trails and a slope. A rope tow on Gregory Makaroff's land first ran in December 1939, and Walter Schoenknecht leased the area for the 1946–47 season.1,2
The Brodie most skiers remember opened in 1964–65 under Jim Kelly, with two lifts, a handful of trails and 850 feet of vertical. It reached the summit in 1967, and its vertical grew to 1,250 feet. Kelly gave it an Irish theme, with trails named Shamrock and JFK, and it was known for top-to-bottom snowmaking and lit night skiing. By 1996–97 it counted 40 trails.1,2,3
In 1999 the Kellys sold Brodie to Jiminy Peak's owners, Brian Fairbank and Joseph O'Donnell. Skiing ended after the 2001–02 season, though snow tubing carried on until 2007. The land then went to a timeshare developer with a restriction against commercial lift-served skiing. Investors bought the 511-acre property in 2023 and in 2026 proposed a four-season resort there.1,2,3,4
TodayTurbines of the Berkshire Wind Power Project stand on part of the mountain, and the old ski area is private land posted against trespassing. (2026)1,2,3
Timeline
- 1934Mt. Greylock Ski Club holds the first race on Brodie Mountain1
- 1939A rope tow on Gregory Makaroff's land runs briefly in December1
- 1964Jim Kelly opens the modern Brodie ski area1,2,3
- 1967The ski area expands to the summit1
- 1999The Kellys sell Brodie to the owners of Jiminy Peak1,2,3
- 2002The 2001–02 season is the last for skiing; tubing continues1,2
- 2011Wind turbines begin turning on part of the mountain3
- 2023Investors buy the 511-acre Brodie Mountain property1,4
Sources for this history (4)
- 1New England Ski History · Brodie Mountain Ski Area History
- 2New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Brodie, MA
- 3Wikipedia · Brodie (ski area)
- 4Northeast Explorer · $200M Plan Seeks To Revive Long-Closed Massachusetts Ski Area — Northeast Explorer (2026-04-30)
Photos
No photographs of Brodie we may republish yet
Its old photos and trail maps live on the sites that collected them, and Google finds the rest.
Memories
What skiers remember of Brodie, in their own words.
Facts
Location
42.5947° N · 73.2620° W · Massachusetts · Berkshire Hills
OpenStreetMap still maps 5 lifts and 40 downhill runs here; OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1939–2002
Closed after the 2002 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
all 3all 3, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain