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Holiday Park

Ran 1967–1986. A ski hill at Ingleside, two miles south of Fox Lake, that ran from 1967 to 1986 with a chairlift, rope tows and night skiing.

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Holiday Park stood off Route 134 at Ingleside, about two miles south of Fox Lake, by Wooster Lake. It ran from 1967 to 1986 and had a toboggan run besides its ski slopes.1,2,3

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Timeline

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  1. 1967The ski hill opens at Ingleside1
  2. 1978Runs a double chairlift and five rope tows1
  3. 1986The ski area closes1

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Lost near Holiday Park

The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.

  • Lost Valley

    1974–1980 · 5.8 mi away · IllinoisA ski area on U.S. 12 north of Fox Lake, opened as Hidden Valley in 1974 and renamed Lost Valley in 1976, that closed in 1980.

  • Gander Mountain

    1958–1973 · 8.8 mi away · IllinoisA ski area on the Illinois side of the Wisconsin line, right beside Wilmot Mountain, that ran from 1958 to 1973 with its lodge at the top.

  • Fox Trails

    1962–1974 · 12.8 mi away · IllinoisA small ski area on a former farmstead off Cary-Algonquin Road that ran from 1962 to 1974, with its lodge at the top of the hill.
All 9 lost ski areas in Illinois