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Cardinal Hill

A one-rope-tow ski hill at the old mining camp of Cardinal, off Caribou Road three miles west of Nederland, that ran in the 1940s.

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Cardinal Hill was off Caribou Road about three miles west of Nederland, at the ghost town of Cardinal. It ran in the 1940s with a single rope tow, and tickets were sold by the day.1,2

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  1. c. 1940A single rope tow runs in the 1940s, with daily tickets1
  2. 1949A map marks the Old Cardinal ski tow on the Caribou road2

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Lost near Cardinal Hill

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  • Apex

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  • St. Mary's Glacier

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  • Ski Idlewild

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