Where Holiday Hills’s numbers come from
5 observations from 3 publishers behind 3 figures. Each row gives the figure we publish, how many sources gave one and how many agree; open it for what each said.
Figures
Advertised vertical drop≤ 400 ft1 source1 of 1 agreefrom Restless native (Rob Carrigan)
Fading memories of Holiday Hills Ski Area near Woodland Park (Rob Carrigan, January 2014)PublishedOct 2026“Vertical rise of the ski run is nearly 400 feet and the rise in the tow line is 280 feet.”
Named trails92 sources2 of 2 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Holiday Hills Ski Area — Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“Runs: 9 total; some names included "Chicken Alley, Leapin' Lena, and Nim-a-go-go"”
Colorado hills are alive with ghost ski areas (Bill Vogrin, The Gazette; Deseret News, August 6, 2006)Oct 2026“"We had three tow lifts and nine ski runs," said Kay Nimrod, 75, of the ski area that she and her husband, Harlan, operated from 1963 to 1973.”
Total lifts42 sources1 of 2 agree · differfrom Colorado Ski History
Holiday Hills Ski Area — Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“Lifts: 3 tows; 1 Platter (stats: built 1964 by Poma 1760' long, 280' vertical, capacity 550 people/hour)”
Colorado hills are alive with ghost ski areas (Bill Vogrin, The Gazette; Deseret News, August 6, 2006)Oct 2026Differs: 3 “"We had three tow lifts and nine ski runs," said Kay Nimrod, 75, of the ski area that she and her husband, Harlan, operated from 1963 to 1973.”
Pages cited
Every source behind the figures, passes and facts, the resort’s own pages first.
- Holiday Hills Ski Area — Colorado Ski HistorySki history · Colorado Ski History · coloradoskihistory.com
- GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard): mountain range outlines, with each ski area placed where its runs and lifts areWorked out by aurora.ski · GMBA Mountain Inventory (placed by aurora.ski) · earthenv.org
- Colorado hills are alive with ghost ski areas (Bill Vogrin, The Gazette; Deseret News, August 6, 2006)Other site · Deseret News · deseret.com
- OpenSkiMap — Holiday HillsCommunity map · OpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · skimap.org
- Fading memories of Holiday Hills Ski Area near Woodland Park (Rob Carrigan, January 2014)Other site · Restless native (Rob Carrigan) · coloradorestlessnative.blogspot.com
Other facts
Where the page's other facts come from: its location, website, owner and the like.
- Coordinates
- OpenSkiMap — Holiday Hills
Operating status
The sources that list this area, and what each says about whether it operates.
- abandonedOpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · Community map · 2026-09-28Holiday Hills — status: abandoned; activities: downhill; lifts mapped: 0; downhill runs mapped: 0;