Lost ski areaMassachusettsNortheast
Jericho
Ran 1939–1998. A small club-run, later city-run ski hill on Jericho Hill in Marlborough that operated from 1939 into the late 1990s.
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E. Frank Carbone bulldozed a slope into the east face of Jericho Hill in 1939, founding the area with Norman LeDuc; skiing began that winter.1,2
Read the whole historyTodayThe hill is Joseph A. Ferrecchia Park at Jericho Hill, with a playground, a basketball court, hiking and sledding.1
Timeline
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Memories
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Lost near Jericho
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Years not yet collected · 9.8 mi away · MassachusettsA small Boxborough ski hill with one wide slope and about 150 feet of vertical that ran in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Years not yet collected · 10.5 mi away · MassachusettsA very small ski area beside a hotel off Route 117 in Boxborough, with 130 feet of vertical, that ran from the 1970s into the late 1980s.
- Years not yet collected · 15.1 mi away · MassachusettsA ski slope and jump without a lift on Punkatasset Hill in Concord, used in the 1920s and 1930s, on what is now town conservation land.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
E. Frank Carbone bulldozed a slope into the east face of Jericho Hill in 1939, founding the area with Norman LeDuc; skiing began that winter. The Jericho Ski Club, incorporated in 1944 with LeDuc as president, ran it with rope tows. For 1950–51 it added night lighting and a 20-nozzle snowmaking system. A T-bar from Boxboro Hills later replaced a rope tow, in the 1980s by New England Ski History's account and around 1990 by NELSAP's.1,2
The club dissolved in 1986 and the City of Marlborough took the hill over under its Parks and Recreation Department. Poor winters and short funds wore on it, and in 1993 the T-bar broke down during Presidents' week. NELSAP ends its run in 1996; New England Ski History gives 1997–98 as the last, partial season, with the city announcing the closing that fall. A $250,000 state grant in 2001 turned the site into a park.1,2
TodayThe hill is Joseph A. Ferrecchia Park at Jericho Hill, with a playground, a basketball court, hiking and sledding.1
Timeline
- 1939Frank Carbone bulldozes the first slope; skiing starts that winter1,2
- 1944Jericho Ski Club incorporated with Norman LeDuc as president1
- 1950Night lighting and a 20-nozzle snowmaking system added for 1950–511
- 1986Ski club dissolves; the City of Marlborough takes over the hill1
- 1993The T-bar breaks down during Presidents' week1,2
- 1998Last, partial season ends; the city announces the closing that fall1
- 2001A $250,000 state grant turns the site into a park1
Sources for this history (2)
- 1New England Ski History · Jericho Ski Area History
- 2New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Jericho Hill Ski Area
Photos
No photographs of Jericho we may republish yet
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Memories
What skiers remember of Jericho, in their own words.
Facts
Location
42.3297° N · 71.5593° W · Massachusetts
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1939–1998
Closed after the 1998 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