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Echo Hills had northeast-facing slopes on Bauer Road at Logan; the Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project files it under nearby Lancaster. A Lancaster Eagle-Gazette story of December 1978, listed on the project's page, announced that alpine skiing was coming to Logan, and the area opened in January 1979.1
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Lost near Echo Hills
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1997–2001 · 53.8 mi away · OhioA ski area near Peebles in south central Ohio, with its lodge at the top of the hill, that ran from 1997 to 2001.
- 1963–2015 · 69.1 mi away · OhioA ski area on State Route 95 near Butler, south of Mansfield, that opened in 1963, closed in 2005, ran again from 2011 and shut for good in 2015.
- 1979–1982 · 81.4 mi away · KentuckyA small ski resort with three slopes and A-frame homes near Catlettsburg in Boyd County, Kentucky, that ran from 1979 through the 1982 season.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 1 page below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Echo Hills had northeast-facing slopes on Bauer Road at Logan; the Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project files it under nearby Lancaster. A Lancaster Eagle-Gazette story of December 1978, listed on the project's page, announced that alpine skiing was coming to Logan, and the area opened in January 1979. It closed in 1991.1
The project gives its vertical as 250 feet, with 280 as a second figure. It lists two rope tows and a T-bar, and for 1986 two rope tows and a chairlift.1
Sources for this history (1)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Ohio lost ski areas: Echo Hills
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Echo Hills, in their own words.
Facts
Location
39.5936° N · 82.4548° W · Ohio
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1979–1991
Closed after the 1991 season. 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