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Seven Springs Sports Center stood on the Parishville–Colton highway near Parishville; Lost NY's master list also calls it Clarkson. Guides from 1970 to 1973 list a T-bar and a rope tow on 300 feet of vertical, a longest run of 2,000 feet, six trails and three slopes, with snowmaking, and the 1972–73 directory adds night skiing.1,2
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Lost near Clarkson 7 Springs
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1937–1982 · 6.3 mi away · New YorkSt. Lawrence University's ski center on Route 56 near South Colton, with downhill slopes, ski jumps and cross-country trails; it closed in 1982.
- 1965–1979 · 39 mi away · New YorkA family ski hill on Route 3 west of Harrisville with a T-bar and a J-bar, open from 1965 to 1979.
- Years not yet collected · 46.9 mi away · New YorkA small in-town beginner hill behind the Lake Placid Center in Lake Placid, served for 37 years by a rope tow and later also by a Poma lift.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Seven Springs Sports Center stood on the Parishville–Colton highway near Parishville; Lost NY's master list also calls it Clarkson. Guides from 1970 to 1973 list a T-bar and a rope tow on 300 feet of vertical, a longest run of 2,000 feet, six trails and three slopes, with snowmaking, and the 1972–73 directory adds night skiing. The pages read give no years for its opening or closing.1,2
Timeline
- 1970A ski guide lists a T-bar, a rope tow and 300 feet of vertical1
Sources for this history (2)
- 1Skikabbalah · Seven Springs Sports Center, guidebook references
- 2Skikabbalah · Lost NY master list with alternate names
Photos
No photographs of Clarkson 7 Springs we may republish yet
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Memories
What skiers remember of Clarkson 7 Springs, in their own words.
Facts
Location
44.5799° N · 74.8601° W · New York
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
not yet collected
Closed for good; the year it closed is not yet collected. 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