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Indian Lake's ski hill is a town-run slope just off Route 30 south of the hamlet, across the road from Stanton Road; it has also gone by the name Water Tower Hill. Ski guides from 1970 to 1973 listed it under both names, with a rope tow, two slopes and about 300 feet of vertical.1,2
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Lost near Indian Lake
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Years not yet collected · 26.8 mi away · New YorkA small T-bar and rope-tow ski area off Route 30 in the Adirondack town of Wells, open from the early 1960s until about the mid-1970s.
- Years not yet collected · 38 mi away · New YorkA small in-town beginner hill behind the Lake Placid Center in Lake Placid, served for 37 years by a rope tow and later also by a Poma lift.
- Years not yet collected · 40.4 mi away · New YorkThe Lake Placid Club's own ski hill north of Mirror Lake, served by T-bars, which opened to the public in 1976 as Mt. Whitney Ski Center.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 4 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Indian Lake's ski hill is a town-run slope just off Route 30 south of the hamlet, across the road from Stanton Road; it has also gone by the name Water Tower Hill. Ski guides from 1970 to 1973 listed it under both names, with a rope tow, two slopes and about 300 feet of vertical.1,2
Skikabbalah describes three open slopes facing northeast, a T-bar and 225 feet of vertical, open on weekends and holidays and tied into school ski programs. NELSAP counts it among New York's classic ski areas still running, free to the public, and the state's tourism listing describes a free hill with a T-bar, two slopes, a skating rink, sledding and tubing.1,3,4
Sources for this history (4)
- 1Skikabbalah · Indian Lake (Water Tower Hill)
- 2Skikabbalah · Indian Lake, guidebook references
- 3New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Lost New York Ski Areas
- 4New York State (I LOVE NY) · Indian Lake Ski Hill & Skating Park
Photos
No photographs of Indian Lake we may republish yet
Its old photos and trail maps live on the sites that collected them, and Google finds the rest.
Memories
What skiers remember of Indian Lake, in their own words.
Facts
Location
43.7741° N · 74.2655° W · New York · Adirondack Mountains
OpenStreetMap still maps 1 lift and 3 downhill runs here; OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
not yet collected
Closed for good; the year it closed is not yet collected. 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