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Ironwood Ridge was a ski area off Oran Delphi Road in the town of Pompey, a few miles west of Cazenovia and about ten miles from Syracuse. Skikabbalah describes it as unusually steep for central New York, with varied, winding trails on about 500 feet of vertical.1,2
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Lost near Ironwood Ridge
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Opened 1962 · 7.5 mi away · New YorkA golf and ski center at Fayetteville, in the Town of Manlius, that offered skiing from the early 1960s until it announced its closing ahead of a sale.
- 1961–1985 · 7.6 mi away · New YorkA chairlift and T-bar ski area at New Woodstock, south of Cazenovia, that opened for the 1961–62 winter and closed for good in 1985.
- Opened 1939 · 11.1 mi away · New YorkSki slopes at the Drumlins on Nottingham Road in Syracuse, where the Burlingame family put a rope tow on their golf course in 1939.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 4 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Ironwood Ridge was a ski area off Oran Delphi Road in the town of Pompey, a few miles west of Cazenovia and about ten miles from Syracuse. Skikabbalah describes it as unusually steep for central New York, with varied, winding trails on about 500 feet of vertical. A T-bar and two Mitey Mites served the main hill, and a rope tow at the summit pulled skiers across the flat top. Snowmaking covered the lower slopes; it ran six days a week, with night skiing Wednesday through Saturday.1,2
Guidebooks listed it from 1970 to 1978, with 500 to 550 feet of vertical. The Cazenovia Ski Club's history counts Pompey Hollow's Ironwood Ridge among the areas that went under in the 1980s, when the ski business hit hard times.2,3
Sources for this history (4)
- 1Skikabbalah · Ironwood Ridge
- 2Skikabbalah · Ironwood Ridge, guidebook references
- 3Cazenovia Ski Club · History
- 4Skimap.org · Ironwood Ridge
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Memories
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Facts
Location
42.9349° N · 75.9193° W · New York
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
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Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain