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The Interlaken Resort near Lake Geneva had its own ski hill. MWLSAP lists it from 1973, when the resort was a Holiday Inn, to 1986: it found no mention of the hill in the fall of 1986, and by January 1987 the ski lodge was being called former.1,2,3
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Lost near Interlaken
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1957–1988 · 2.5 mi away · WisconsinA ski area on the south shore of Geneva Lake near Fontana, opened in 1957 on a former chicken farm and closed after its chalet burned in 1988.
- 1960–1970 · 4.8 mi away · WisconsinA ski hill north of Lake Geneva that Ed Meltzer ran from 1960 to 1970 with 12 runs; its slopes are now part of Hawk's View Golf Club.
- 1970–1982 · 12.1 mi away · WisconsinA ski area near Burlington with 192 feet of vertical, open from 1970 until a December 1982 ad said the hill would not open that season.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 4 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
The Interlaken Resort near Lake Geneva had its own ski hill. MWLSAP lists it from 1973, when the resort was a Holiday Inn, to 1986: it found no mention of the hill in the fall of 1986, and by January 1987 the ski lodge was being called former. The hill had 100 feet of vertical, and a 1978 listing MWLSAP cites shows five rope tows. Skimap.org holds a 1980 trail map.1,2,3
The resort hotel opened as a Holiday Inn in the 1970s and later took the names The Interlaken, Geneva Ridge and The Lodge at Geneva Ridge. In April 2016 it was renamed The Ridge Hotel; its wooded grounds lie on the shore of Lake Como.4
Sources for this history (4)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Interlaken Resort, Lake Geneva — Wisconsin
- 2Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Lost Ski Areas Near Lake Geneva, WI
- 3Skimap.org · Interlaken ski maps
- 4At The Lake Magazine · A Redesign For The Ages
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Memories
What skiers remember of Interlaken, in their own words.
Facts
Location
42.5877° N · 88.5058° W · Wisconsin
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1973–1986
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