Where Mount Frontenac’s numbers come from
9 observations from 3 publishers behind 4 figures. Each row gives the figure we publish, how many sources gave one and how many agree; open it for what each said.
Figures
Advertised vertical drop420 ft2 sources2 of 2 agreefrom Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project (MWLSAP)
Bamber Hills (also called Rochester Ski Hill) — Minnesota, Midwest Lost Ski Areas ProjectPublishedOct 2026“v: 420 ft.”
Mt. Frontenac, Minn. (SKI Magazine, January 2002), clipping on MWLSAPOct 2026“VITAL STATS Vertical Drop: 420 feet; 14 slopes and trails and a terrain park; lifts: three doubles, three surface tows.”
Skiable acres80 ac1 source1 of 1 agreefrom Wikipedia
Frontenac, Minnesota — WikipediaPublishedOct 2026“It had 17 named runs, 6 lifts, and 80 acres (320,000 m2) of skiable area.”
Named trails173 sources1 of 3 agree · differfrom Wikipedia
Frontenac, Minnesota — WikipediaPublishedOct 2026“It had 17 named runs, 6 lifts, and 80 acres (320,000 m2) of skiable area.”
Mount Frontenac, Minnesota: Gorgeous gorge (SKI Magazine, January 1975), clipping on MWLSAPOct 2026Differs: 14 “A wooded ravine into the valley shelters 14 steep, gentle and varied ski runs.”
Mt. Frontenac, Minn. (SKI Magazine, January 2002), clipping on MWLSAPOct 2026Differs: 14 “VITAL STATS Vertical Drop: 420 feet; 14 slopes and trails and a terrain park; lifts: three doubles, three surface tows.”
Total lifts63 sources3 of 3 agreefrom Wikipedia
Frontenac, Minnesota — WikipediaPublishedOct 2026“It had 17 named runs, 6 lifts, and 80 acres (320,000 m2) of skiable area.”
Bamber Hills (also called Rochester Ski Hill) — Minnesota, Midwest Lost Ski Areas ProjectOct 2026“In 1978 ( Skalka ): 3 rope tows, 2 T-bars, 1 chairlift”
Mt. Frontenac, Minn. (SKI Magazine, January 2002), clipping on MWLSAPOct 2026“VITAL STATS Vertical Drop: 420 feet; 14 slopes and trails and a terrain park; lifts: three doubles, three surface tows.”
Pages cited
Every source behind the figures, passes and facts, the resort’s own pages first.
- Bamber Hills (also called Rochester Ski Hill) — Minnesota, Midwest Lost Ski Areas ProjectSki history · Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project (MWLSAP) · mwlsap.org
- Mount Frontenac — Skimap.orgSki guide · Skimap.org · skimap.org
- Frontenac, Minnesota — WikipediaEncyclopedia · Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- Mount Frontenac, Minnesota: Gorgeous gorge (SKI Magazine, January 1975), clipping on MWLSAPOther site · SKI Magazine · mwlsap.org
- Mt. Frontenac, Minn. (SKI Magazine, January 2002), clipping on MWLSAPOther site · SKI Magazine · mwlsap.org
Other facts
Where the page's other facts come from: its location, website, owner and the like.
- Coordinates
- Mount Frontenac — Skimap.org
Operating status
The sources that list this area, and what each says about whether it operates.
- abandonedSkimap.org · Ski guide · 2026-09-28Mount Frontenac — status: abandoned; activities: downhill; lifts mapped: 0; downhill runs mapped: 0; Florence