Lost ski areaNew HampshireNortheast
Frontenac
Closed after the 1960 season. The original Frontenac, a rope-tow area on the north side of Stage Coach Hill just south of Plymouth, skied from about 1937 until 1960.
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In the late 1930s Plymouth was a regular stop for the snow trains that brought city skiers north, and three areas grew up in town before World War II: Wendy's Slope, Frontenac and Huckins Hill. Wendy's and Frontenac shared Stage Coach Hill, just south of town, with Frontenac on its north side.1
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Lost near Frontenac
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Closed 1995 · 0.3 mi away · New HampshireA ski school slope on Stage Coach Hill south of Plymouth, started around 1937, that later became Frontenac's East Slope and, briefly, Lynx Creek.
- Closed 1995 · 0.4 mi away · New HampshireA slope on Stage Coach Hill just south of Plymouth that ran as Wendy's Slope, then Frontenac and a ski camp, and last as Lynx Creek in 1994–95.
- Years not yet collected · 2 mi away · New HampshireA Plymouth ski hill founded by Fred Pabst, with one of New England's first overhead lifts, a J-bar, skied from before 1938 into the 1940s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
In the late 1930s Plymouth was a regular stop for the snow trains that brought city skiers north, and three areas grew up in town before World War II: Wendy's Slope, Frontenac and Huckins Hill. Wendy's and Frontenac shared Stage Coach Hill, just south of town, with Frontenac on its north side. In 1939 Frontenac had a 900-foot rope tow on a 200-foot drop and six trails and slopes; a 1942 guide listed two trails, open slopes and night skiing.1
Just after the war Frontenac's owners bought Wendy's Slope and linked the two areas at the top. The original Frontenac became the North Slope and Wendy's the East Slope, and by 1946–47 a 1,500-foot tow served six North Slope trails. In 1960 Plymouth zoned the land around the North Slope for homes, and it closed. The East Slope carried the Frontenac name on, later as a ski camp and finally as Lynx Creek.1,2
Timeline
- c. 1937Skiing begins on the north side of Stage Coach Hill1
- 1939A 900-foot rope tow serves six trails and slopes on a 200-foot drop1
- 1942Guide lists two trails, open slopes and night skiing1
- 1946Joined with Wendy's Slope; a 1,500-foot tow serves the North Slope2
- 1960Plymouth zones the land residential, and the North Slope closes1
Sources for this history (2)
- 1New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Frontenac (The Original)
- 2New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Wendy's/Frontenac/Lynx Creek
Photos
No photographs of Frontenac 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 Frontenac, in their own words.
Facts
Location
43.7481° N · 71.6885° W · New Hampshire
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
until 1960 · the year it opened is not yet collected
Closed after the 1960 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