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Happy Jack

Where Happy Jack’s numbers come from

7 observations from 2 publishers behind 5 figures. Each row gives the figure we publish, how many sources gave one and how many agree; open it for what each said.

Figures

How a figure is chosen
Summit elevation8,600 ft1 source1 of 1 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Lost Areas #23 (24 February 1997) — The Colorado Skier Newsletters, Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“Top: 8600”
Base elevation8,300 ft2 sources2 of 2 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Happy Jack Ski Area — Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“Elevations: Base: 8,300'”
Lost Areas #23 (24 February 1997) — The Colorado Skier Newsletters, Colorado Ski HistoryOct 2026“Base: 8300”
Advertised vertical drop300 ft1 source1 of 1 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Lost Areas #23 (24 February 1997) — The Colorado Skier Newsletters, Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“Vertical Drop: 300 ft”
Named trails91 source1 of 1 agreefrom Albany County Historical Society
"Happy Jack" Hollingsworth's Legacy—His name (Judy Knight, March 17, 2018) — Albany County Historical SocietyPublishedOct 2026“In its heyday the nine downhill ski runs were named”
Total lifts22 sources1 of 2 agree · differfrom Colorado Ski History
Happy Jack Ski Area — Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“Lifts: 2 T-bars”
Lost Areas #23 (24 February 1997) — The Colorado Skier Newsletters, Colorado Ski HistoryOct 2026Differs: 4 “Lifts: 2 T-bars, 2 rope tows (Constam and Sneller T-bars)”

Pages cited

Every source behind the figures, passes and facts, the resort’s own pages first.

Other facts

Where the page's other facts come from: its location, website, owner and the like.

Coordinates
Happy Jack — Skimap.org
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How the Happy Jack Trails came to be (Amber Travsky, November 3, 2018)
History
Happy Jack Ski Area — Colorado Ski History
Mountain range
GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard): mountain range outlines, with each ski area placed where its runs and lifts are

Operating status

The sources that list this area, and what each says about whether it operates.

  • abandonedSkimap.org · Ski guide · 2026-09-28Happy Jack — status: abandoned; activities: downhill, nordic; lifts mapped: 0; downhill runs mapped: 0;