Mt. Notch

Mount Notch was in Avon Township, about two miles south of Avon, on land the Notch family had long farmed. A rope-tow hill called the Tyrol Ski Tow had run at the same spot around 1949, perhaps for only two seasons, and brothers Leander and Larry Notch remembered skiing there as teenagers. In 1988 they built a log lodge from trees cut on their own land and planned six runs with rope tows, snowmaking, a skating pond and, later, rooms for overnight guests.^2,3,4

Larry Notch opened the hill for skiing in early January 1989 with a couple of runs and rope tows, and business was fair despite the late start. When Leander pulled out of the partnership, Larry closed it, and it stayed shut for the 1989–90 winter because of financial difficulties, though he still hoped to reopen. MWLSAP gives 1989 as both its opening and closing year, and Skimap.org holds a 1989 trail map.^1,2,5