Lost ski areaNew MexicoSacramento MountainsRocky Mountains
Eagle Creek
A small ski area near Alto, on the road to Ski Apache, that ran from the 1960s into the early 1980s as Cedar Creek, Ski Ruidoso and Eagle Creek.
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Cedar Creek Ski Area opened in the 1960s off Highway 532, about seven miles outside Ruidoso on the way to Ski Apache. It had a chairlift and rope tows on 500 feet of vertical, from 7,400 to 7,900 feet, along with night skiing, a cafeteria and child care.1
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Lost near Eagle Creek
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1970–1982 · 211.6 mi away · New MexicoA small Poma-lift ski hill a few miles north of Angel Fire that served church groups from 1970 until 1982.
- Years not yet collected · 220.9 mi away · ArizonaA small ski hill in the White Mountains town of Greer, with a platter lift and a rope tow, recorded in the early 1980s.
- 1965–1983 · 229.1 mi away · New MexicoA beginners' ski hill a mile west of Red River that ran from 1965 to 1983, its last years as Red River's Woodlands Ski Basin.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 1 page below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Cedar Creek Ski Area opened in the 1960s off Highway 532, about seven miles outside Ruidoso on the way to Ski Apache. It had a chairlift and rope tows on 500 feet of vertical, from 7,400 to 7,900 feet, along with night skiing, a cafeteria and child care. In summer it ran turf skiing and an alpine slide.1
By the late 1970s it had become Ski Ruidoso, and in 1980 it took the name Eagle Creek. Snowmaking covered three quarters of the terrain, but warm weather and thin snowfall kept hurting it, and it closed a few years later.1
Sources for this history (1)
- 1Colorado Ski History · Eagle Creek (Cedar Creek, Ski Ruidoso)
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Eagle Creek, in their own words.
Facts
Location
33.3982° N · 105.6853° W · New Mexico · Sacramento Mountains
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
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Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain