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Nashville Alps went up in 1979 in Brown County's Schooner Valley, on State Road 46 west of Nashville, the larger of two new ski areas there; Long Mountain was the other. It was paid for by selling stock to the public.2,3
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Lost near Nashville Alps
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1979–1982 · 3.2 mi away · IndianaA small Brown County ski area on State Road 46 just outside Nashville that opened in the 1979–80 winter and was seized for back taxes in 1982.
- 1980–1984 · 55.7 mi away · IndianaA chairlift ski area on State Road 60 near Memphis and Sellersburg, about 13 miles from Louisville, with some 500 feet of vertical, that ran from 1980 to 1984.
- 1981–1998 · 69.7 mi away · KentuckyA ski area inside General Butler State Resort Park at Carrollton that opened in 1981 and closed during the 1997–98 winter.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 5 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Nashville Alps went up in 1979 in Brown County's Schooner Valley, on State Road 46 west of Nashville, the larger of two new ski areas there; Long Mountain was the other. It was paid for by selling stock to the public. Its managers planned a 10,000-square-foot lodge of logs and fieldstone, a 4.8-acre lake to supply the snow guns, and summer draws such as an alpine slide.2,3
It opened in the 1979–80 winter with seven slopes: three intermediate, two advanced and two for novices, the longest about 2,100 feet. A quad chairlift served the intermediate slopes and a triple the advanced ones, with two rope tows on the beginner hill, for about 4,200 skiers an hour in all. It kept the same seven slopes and two chairlifts in 1981.1,2,4
The area took the name Ski World in 1986. In 2001 it still had a triple chair, a quad chair and two rope tows, and the Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project gives 2002 as its closing year. A Brown County magazine reported in early 2002 that Ski World was out of business and that a developer planned homes on the land.1,5
Sources for this history (5)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Indiana Lost Ski Areas
- 2The Herald-Times · New ski areas bring local fun (Ramsey Harik, The Herald-Times, Bloomington, January 15, 1980; scan on MWLSAP)
- 3The Evansville Press · Two resorts set up slopes in Nashville (John Kaminski, The Evansville Press, November 20, 1979; scan on MWLSAP)
- 4The Republic · Four Southern Indiana Ski Resorts Ready for Winter Snow Skiing Season (Gary Lewis, The Republic, Columbus, November 14, 1981; scan on MWLSAP)
- 5Our Brown County · Ski World — Our Brown County (January–February 2002 issue)
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Nashville Alps, in their own words.
Facts
Location
39.1545° N · 86.2988° W · Indiana
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1979–2002
Closed after the 2002 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
all 2all 2, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain