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Duck Creek, also known as Mount Duck, was a ski hill in Duck Creek Park in Davenport. It was laid out upside down, with the lodge at the top of the hill rather than the bottom.1
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Lost near Duck Creek
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Opened 1965 · 53.6 mi away · IllinoisA small ski area with a ski jump on Derinda Road near Elizabeth, Illinois, that opened in January 1965.
- 1977–1989 · 96.9 mi away · IllinoisA small ski hill with a rope tow and a T-bar at Walt Williamson's Wagon Wheel Resort south of Rockton, run from 1977 until the resort closed in 1989.
- Years not yet collected · 105 mi away · IowaA ski club's rope tow slope about 13 miles south of Waterloo, with 190 feet of vertical, recorded in newspapers from 1971 to 1977.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 1 page below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Duck Creek, also known as Mount Duck, was a ski hill in Duck Creek Park in Davenport. It was laid out upside down, with the lodge at the top of the hill rather than the bottom. The Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project dates it from 1964 to 1982 and lists a single rope tow in 1978.1
Sources for this history (1)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Iowa
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Duck Creek, in their own words.
Facts
Location
41.5424° N · 90.5268° W · Iowa
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1964–1982
Closed after the 1982 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
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Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain