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The Lone Lake Ski Club kept a private ski hill south of Shady Oak Lake near Hopkins; MWLSAP lists it under Minnetonka. MWLSAP dates skiing there to 1936, probably without a tow at first.1,3
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Lost near Lone Lake Ski Club
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Opened 1963 · 5.7 mi away · MinnesotaA rope-tow ski and golf park in Eden Prairie, near Minneapolis, that opened in 1963 and was last mentioned in 1979.
- Opened 1966 · 11.9 mi away · MinnesotaA rope-tow ski area in Orono, west of Minneapolis, that opened in 1966, closed after the 1976–77 season and briefly reopened in 1979.
- Years not yet collected · 20.6 mi away · MinnesotaA small Ramsey County ski hill in Battle Creek Park in St. Paul, with rope tows, night lighting and snowmaking in the late 1970s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 3 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
The Lone Lake Ski Club kept a private ski hill south of Shady Oak Lake near Hopkins; MWLSAP lists it under Minnetonka. MWLSAP dates skiing there to 1936, probably without a tow at first. In the fall of 1939 the club built a ski tow and put up floodlights for night skiing on its runs at Lone Lake.1,3
In March 1965 the Minneapolis Star counted it among the oldest ski hills in the Upper Midwest and called it the smallest mechanized one in Minnesota. It was then finishing the best season of its 29 years, with 62 member families. Members ran everything themselves, taking turns at the tow engines, the ski patrol, the coffee and the warming house. Its runs were named after European resorts, and it opened on weekend afternoons and, under lights, on Wednesday evenings. MWLSAP's last newspaper mention of the club is that 1965 article.1,2
Sources for this history (3)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Lone Lake Ski Club
- 2The Minneapolis Star · Private Lone Lake Ski Club Winding Up Its Best Season (Ralph Thornton, The Minneapolis Star, March 16, 1965), clipping on MWLSAP
- 3Minneapolis Star Tribune (archive) · Twin Cities Winter Sportsters Get Set for Cold Weather Fun (Janet Salisbury, Star Tribune archive, November 19, 1939), clipping on MWLSAP
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Lone Lake Ski Club, in their own words.
Facts
Location
44.8993° N · 93.4287° W · Minnesota
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
from 1936 · the year it closed is 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.
No figures from its operating years are collected yet.
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain