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Roderick S. Burlingame Sr. bought the 260-acre Nottingham Farm in Syracuse, and Drumlins Country Club was established there in 1926.1,2
Read the whole historyTodayThe land is Drumlins Country Club, owned by Syracuse University, with two 18-hole golf courses, a tennis center and a banquet hall. (2026)2
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Lost near Drumlins
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Opened 1962 · 6.9 mi away · New YorkA golf and ski center at Fayetteville, in the Town of Manlius, that offered skiing from the early 1960s until it announced its closing ahead of a sale.
- Years not yet collected · 11.1 mi away · New YorkA steep T-bar ski area off Oran Delphi Road in Pompey, west of Cazenovia, listed through the 1970s and closed in the ski slump of the 1980s.
- 1961–1985 · 18.1 mi away · New YorkA chairlift and T-bar ski area at New Woodstock, south of Cazenovia, that opened for the 1961–62 winter and closed for good in 1985.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 3 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Roderick S. Burlingame Sr. bought the 260-acre Nottingham Farm in Syracuse, and Drumlins Country Club was established there in 1926. In 1939 the Burlingame family ran a rope tow between two levels of the golf course, which Lost NY calls a first for Central New York. The single open slope faced northeast, was lit for night skiing from the start, and dropped about 110 feet. A J-bar came later, and the rope tow was moved to help skiers uphill.1,2
Guides from 1970 to 1973 list a J-bar and two or three rope tows on 125 feet of vertical. The 1977 White Book marked Drumlins out of business for 1977–78. The club's own history says its two ski hills with tow ropes, like its ice rinks and bowling center, were later torn down for economic reasons.2,3
TodayThe land is Drumlins Country Club, owned by Syracuse University, with two 18-hole golf courses, a tennis center and a banquet hall. (2026)2
Sources for this history (3)
- 1Skikabbalah · Drumlins
- 2Drumlins Country Club (Syracuse University) · Club History
- 3Skikabbalah · Drumlins, guidebook references
Photos
No photographs of Drumlins 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 Drumlins, in their own words.
Facts
Location
43.0189° N · 76.1075° W · New York
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
from 1939 · the year it closed is 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 2all 2, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain