Lost ski areaColoradoFront RangeRocky Mountains
Glen Cove
A jumping and rope-tow area at Glen Cove on the Pikes Peak Highway, where in 1936 the Pikes Peak Ski Club rigged what is credited as Colorado's first rope tow.
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Glen Cove lies along the Pikes Peak Highway above Colorado Springs, about a mile below timberline. Ski jumping there began in the mid-1920s; Colorado Ski History's timeline records a jumping tournament at Glen Cove in 1924, won by Louie Dalpes.1,3,4
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Lost near Glen Cove
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1936–1984 · 1 mi away · ColoradoThe Pikes Peak Ski Club's area on the Pikes Peak Highway, first at Glen Cove from 1936 and later at Elk Park, which closed after the 1984 season.
- 1965–1971 · 4.2 mi away · ColoradoA ski area southwest of Woodland Park that Harlan and Kay Nimrod built with their Holiday Hills subdivision and ran from the mid-1960s into the early 1970s.
- Years not yet collected · 5 mi away · ColoradoA one-run, one-tow ski hill off Highway 67 between Divide and Cripple Creek that operated in the 1960s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 4 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Glen Cove lies along the Pikes Peak Highway above Colorado Springs, about a mile below timberline. Ski jumping there began in the mid-1920s; Colorado Ski History's timeline records a jumping tournament at Glen Cove in 1924, won by Louie Dalpes.1,3,4
In 1936 members of the Pikes Peak Ski Club, whose first president was Don Lawrie, rigged a rope tow driven by the engine of a Whippet car. Colorado Ski History calls it the state's first rope tow, and Lawrie's 1988 induction into the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame credited it as the first to run in Colorado. In 1939 the Gazette-Telegraph reported that 18,700 skiers had come to Glen Cove.1,2,3
Colorado Ski History says the Glen Cove area closed in the 1940s. After World War II Lawrie scouted a new site at Elk Park, and his grandson says wind at Glen Cove was part of the reason for the move.1,3
Sources for this history (4)
- 1Colorado Ski History · Glen Clove Ski Area
- 2Colorado Ski History · Colorado Ski History Timeline 1930 - 1939
- 3The Gazette (Colorado Springs) · The colorful history and man behind Pikes Peak's old ski area (Seth Boster, December 19, 2023)
- 4Colorado Ski History · Colorado Ski History Timeline 1920 - 1929
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Glen Cove, in their own words.
Facts
Location
38.8729° N · 105.0753° W · Colorado · Front Range
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
from 1924 · the year it closed is 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
all 1all 1, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain