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Nest Of Eagles

Ran 1976–1985. A small ski area at Spooner in northwestern Wisconsin, served by a single J-bar, that ran from 1976 to 1985.

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Nest of Eagles was a small ski area at Spooner in northwestern Wisconsin. MWLSAP dates it from 1976 to 1985, and a 1978 listing it cites shows a single J-bar.1,2

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  1. 1976Nest of Eagles opens, by MWLSAP's date1
  2. 1985Last season, by MWLSAP's date1

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