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The hill stood on Lakeshore Drive overlooking Whitefish Bay, near the head of the St. Mary's River and west of Sault Ste.1,2
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Lost near Iroquois Mountain Lodge
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1971–1973 · 42.7 mi away · MichiganA small ski area on the Stonecliffe estate on Mackinac Island, built by televangelist Rex Humbard in 1971, that ran for two winters until 1973.
- Opened 1957 · 88.8 mi away · MichiganA ski area a few miles from Boyne Mountain, opened in 1957 by Joe and Donna Behse with backer Dee Adgate, later owned by Boyne and now abandoned.
- 1965–1988 · 96.7 mi away · MichiganA ski area on Sawyer Road near Lake Nineteen, northeast of Gaylord, opened in the mid-1960s as The Pinnacles and run as Tyrolean Hills until 1988.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
The hill stood on Lakeshore Drive overlooking Whitefish Bay, near the head of the St. Mary's River and west of Sault Ste. Marie, toward Brimley. It opened in 1958 as Mission Hill Ski Resort and took the name Iroquois Mountain in the early 1960s. A reader who grew up nearby remembers a well-appointed lodge with two stone fireplaces, an Austrian ski school and a steep hill of just over 400 feet of vertical, the figure MWLSAP also gives. It hosted ski-racing camps, and a fire destroyed the lodge in December 1963 or 1964, by readers' accounts.1,2
The Lakeshore Ski Club ran the hill for a season or two after the fire before new owners took it on. A 1971 guide listed eight runs, a double chairlift, two tows and cross-country skiing. The 1971–72 winter was its last.1,2
Sources for this history (2)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Michigan lost ski areas: Iroquois Mountain Lodge (Mission Hill Ski Resort)
- 2Michigan Lost Ski Areas Project · Iroquois Mountain Lodge – Sault Ste. Marie
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Memories
What skiers remember of Iroquois Mountain Lodge, in their own words.
Facts
Location
46.4762° N · 84.6869° W · Michigan
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1958–1972
Closed after the 1972 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
all 3all 3, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain