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Mount Agamenticus rises to 691 feet a few miles inland from the Atlantic in York. The ski area, known as the Big A, was built on it in 1965 and opened for the 1966–67 winter.1,2
Read the whole historyTodayThe summit is a park reservation with a network of trails, and the old summit lodge has been used for functions.1,2
Timeline
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Memories
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Lost near Mt Agamenticus
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Years not yet collected · 12.1 mi away · MaineA small family ski hill with one handle tow in North Berwick, run by the Legere family from the early 1990s until about 2007.
- Years not yet collected · 27.5 mi away · MassachusettsA rope-tow ski area on Powwow Hill in Amesbury, also known as the Amesbury Ski Tow, that ran from before 1949 into the early 1990s.
- Opened 1961 · 29.1 mi away · New HampshireA family ski area in Brookfield with a double chairlift and T-bars that opened on the last day of 1961 and closed in the late 1980s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Mount Agamenticus rises to 691 feet a few miles inland from the Atlantic in York. The ski area, known as the Big A, was built on it in 1965 and opened for the 1966–67 winter. It was an upside-down hill: the parking lot, the summit lodge with its ski shop and the beginner slope all sat at the top. A 2,400-foot double chairlift, a 1,200-foot T-bar and a rope tow served the trails, and there was night skiing and snowmaking. The opening trail map showed eight trails and slopes; at its peak there were nine, from a mile-long beginner trail to four advanced runs, over about 500 feet of vertical.1,2
Poor snow, a snowmaking system that struggled in the salty sea air, and the energy crisis closed it after the 1973–74 season. The double chair was taken down in the late 1980s, while the T-bar's towers, cable and summit engine were still standing 25 years after the close.1,2
TodayThe summit is a park reservation with a network of trails, and the old summit lodge has been used for functions.1,2
Sources for this history (2)
- 1New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Mt. Agamenticus, York, Maine
- 2Wikipedia · Mount Agamenticus
Photos
No photographs of Mt Agamenticus we may republish yet
Its old photos and trail maps live on the sites that collected them, and Google finds the rest.
Memories
What skiers remember of Mt Agamenticus, in their own words.
Facts
Location
43.2257° N · 70.6933° W · Maine
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1966–1974
Closed after the 1974 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
all 4all 4, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain