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Evergreen Valley began as an idea in 1961, when the towns of Lovell and Stoneham looked to a ski area to help the local economy. A planning company formed in December 1962.1,2
Read the whole historyTodayThe large base lodge still stands, seldom used, with a few condominiums nearby, and the old trails are heavily grown in. (2017)1,3
Timeline
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Memories
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Lost near Evergreen Valley
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1963–1981 · 13.4 mi away · New HampshireA ski area in Jackson, in the Mount Washington Valley, that ran from the 1960s until 1981 with a double chair, a T-bar and a Poma.
- Years not yet collected · 15.4 mi away · New HampshireRussell's Slope, run by Russell's Inn in Kearsarge, was skied on foot in the 1930s and had a rope tow from the late 1940s.
- 1972–1982 · 21.9 mi away · MaineA one-T-bar ski area on Burnt Meadow Mountain in Brownfield, built by a local nonprofit and later run as Zodiac Skiway, open from 1972 to about 1982.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 3 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Evergreen Valley began as an idea in 1961, when the towns of Lovell and Stoneham looked to a ski area to help the local economy. A planning company formed in December 1962. Over the next decade outside consultants and investors enlarged the plan, and its estimated cost grew from $299,000 to about $7 million.1,2
Skiing began on December 16, 1972, with three double chairlifts, nine trails and 1,050 feet of vertical, on land leased from the U.S. Forest Service. The snowmaking did not work at first. The Maine Guarantee Authority began foreclosing in the fall of 1975, and the area sat idle that winter before new owners reopened it for 1976–77.1,2
The lifts turned for the last time in the spring of 1982, the year the company filed for bankruptcy. In 1991 the Forest Service ordered the lifts removed, and the summit chair went to Mars Hill, now Big Rock, where it still runs. The big base lodge and a few condominiums remain.1,2
TodayThe large base lodge still stands, seldom used, with a few condominiums nearby, and the old trails are heavily grown in. (2017)1,3
Timeline
- 1961Lovell and Stoneham take up the idea of a ski area2
- 1972Evergreen Valley opens to skiers on December 161,2
- 1975Foreclosure begins; the area stays closed for the 1975–76 winter1,2
- 1976New owners reopen it for the 1976–77 season1,2
- 1982The lifts run for the last time in the spring1,2
- 1991The Forest Service orders the lifts removed1
Sources for this history (3)
- 1New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Evergreen Valley
- 2New England Ski History · Evergreen Valley Ski Resort History
- 3Conway Daily Sun · Adams Mountain: A fun hike in an unusual place — Conway Daily Sun (Ed Parsons, 2017-09-08)
Photos
No photographs of Evergreen Valley 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 Evergreen Valley, in their own words.
Facts
Location
44.2511° N · 70.9339° W · Maine · White Mountains
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1972–1982
Closed after the 1982 season. 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