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Harrison Hills, later called Silver Valley, was a ski area near Gleason in north central Wisconsin, in the Merrill, Tomahawk and Rhinelander area. The Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project gives its years as 1968 to 1986 and its vertical as 200 feet; it had three rope tows in 1978.1,2
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Lost near Harrison Hills
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Opened 1973 · 30.9 mi away · WisconsinA small public ski hill in Wausau's Sylvan Hill Park that opened in 1973 and was turned into a tubing hill in 2003.
- 1954–1978 · 33.9 mi away · WisconsinA small ski area in the Nicolet National Forest east of Three Lakes, run with the Northernaire resort, that MWLSAP dates from 1954 to 1978.
- Years not yet collected · 36.7 mi away · WisconsinA small ski hill run by the Chanticleer Inn, a lake resort at Eagle River, perhaps from 1961 and still listed in 1975.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Harrison Hills, later called Silver Valley, was a ski area near Gleason in north central Wisconsin, in the Merrill, Tomahawk and Rhinelander area. The Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project gives its years as 1968 to 1986 and its vertical as 200 feet; it had three rope tows in 1978. Skimap.org holds trail maps from 1979 and 1982.1,2
Sources for this history (2)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Harrison Hills (later called Silver Valley)
- 2Skimap.org · Harrison Hills
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Memories
What skiers remember of Harrison Hills, in their own words.
Facts
Location
45.4198° N · 89.4495° W · Wisconsin
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1968–1986
Closed after the 1986 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