Lost ski areaMassachusettsGreen MountainsNortheast
Mt. Mohawk
A T-bar ski area on Route 2 in Shelburne, west of Greenfield, that ran from December 1956 into the early 1980s, first as the Mohawk Skiway.
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Mt. Mohawk stood on Route 2 in Shelburne, three or four miles west of Greenfield.1,2
Read the whole historyTodayA business occupies a building at the old base, and the T-bar towers still stand on the slope above Route 2.1,2
Timeline
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Memories
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Lost near Mt. Mohawk
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1937–1979 · 12.5 mi away · MassachusettsA snow-train-era ski area on Route 8A in Hawley that opened in December 1937 and ran rope tows and a T-bar until the late 1970s.
- Years not yet collected · 16.4 mi away · MassachusettsA small ski development with one rope tow on Petticoat Hill in Williamsburg, listed in the 1949 Massachusetts Ski Guide.
- 1949–1989 · 17.6 mi away · MassachusettsA family-run ski area on Route 9 in West Cummington that operated from the 1949–50 winter until March 1989.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Mt. Mohawk stood on Route 2 in Shelburne, three or four miles west of Greenfield. It began in December 1956 as the Mohawk Skiway, a small rope-tow hill that Greenfield attorney Philip H. Ball Jr. ran for its first five years or so. Walter and Ethel Mae Richardson took over for 1962–63, renamed it Mt. Mohawk and put in two Mueller T-bars, 650 and 2,000 feet long, on 450 feet of vertical. Three more trails for 1963–64 brought it to about five miles of trails.1,2
From 1970–71 the Richardsons left the running of the area to Garmalo and Kells. With no snowmaking it lived on natural snow and fell behind larger resorts. It most likely closed between 1980 and 1982 after one or two snowless winters; NELSAP allows that it may have run as late as 1985. Mt. Mohawk, Inc. was dissolved in late 1983.1,2
TodayA business occupies a building at the old base, and the T-bar towers still stand on the slope above Route 2.1,2
Timeline
- 1956Opens in December as the Mohawk Skiway, with a rope tow1
- 1962The Richardsons take over, rename it Mt. Mohawk and add two T-bars1,2
- 1963Three trails added for 1963–64, about five miles in all1
- 1970Garmalo and Kells take over management for 1970–711
- c. 1980Closes after one or two snowless winters, likely by 19821,2
- 1983Mt. Mohawk, Inc. is dissolved late in the year1
Sources for this history (2)
- 1New England Ski History · Mt. Mohawk Ski Area History
- 2New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Mohawk Mountain
Photos
No photographs of Mt. Mohawk we may republish yet
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Memories
What skiers remember of Mt. Mohawk, in their own words.
Facts
Location
42.6101° N · 72.6608° W · Massachusetts · Green Mountains
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
from 1956 · 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.
Its numbers
all 1all 1, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain