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Hiawatha Hills

Ran 1970–1975. A ski area between Cochrane and Alma in west central Wisconsin, also called Hiawatha Valley, that ran from 1970 to 1975.

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Hiawatha Hills, tied to a company called Buffalo Valley Inc. and also known as Hiawatha Valley, was a ski area between Cochrane and Alma in west central Wisconsin. The Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project gives its years as 1970 to 1975 and its vertical as 600 feet, or 551.1,2

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Timeline

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  1. 1970Opens, per the Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project1
  2. 1971Maps drawn, one with a snowmobile race course2
  3. 1975Closes, per the Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project1

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