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Newaygo had a winter sports park on M-37 by 1941, with a toboggan slide, skating rinks and natural ski runs; MILSAP is not sure it stood on the same ground as the later ski hill. In October 1968 the Detroit Free Press listed the Newaygo Winter Park among the ski areas opening that year, and MWLSAP dates the ski area from 1968 to 1977.1,2,3
Read the whole historyTodayA reader reported that the old hill on M-37 was open for sledding, beside two concrete toboggan chutes and a county tourism office. (2011)1
Timeline
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Memories
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Lost near Newaygo County Sports Park
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1956–1983 · 22.1 mi away · MichiganA family-built ski hill off M-46 between Amble and Lakeview, opened in 1956, run as Winterskol for a time, that closed after the 1982–83 season.
- 1960–2015 · 30.8 mi away · MichiganA rope-tow ski hill outside Rockford, near Grand Rapids, that ran from 1960 until March 2015 and opened its slopes early to snowboarders.
- 1958–2002 · 51 mi away · MichiganA ski hill at Farwell that opened as Mott Mountain in 1958, closed in 1995, and ran again as Silver Ridge from 1997 until 2002.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 3 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Newaygo had a winter sports park on M-37 by 1941, with a toboggan slide, skating rinks and natural ski runs; MILSAP is not sure it stood on the same ground as the later ski hill. In October 1968 the Detroit Free Press listed the Newaygo Winter Park among the ski areas opening that year, and MWLSAP dates the ski area from 1968 to 1977. A 1975 AAA guide gave Newaygo County Winter Park one slope and one tow, and Skimap.org holds a trail map dated 1976.1,2,3
TodayA reader reported that the old hill on M-37 was open for sledding, beside two concrete toboggan chutes and a county tourism office. (2011)1
Sources for this history (3)
- 1Michigan Lost Ski Areas Project (MILSAP) · Newago Winter Sports Park
- 2Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project (MWLSAP) · Newaygo County Sports Park
- 3Skimap.org · Newaygo County Sports Park
Photos
No photographs of Newaygo County Sports Park we may republish yet
Its old photos and trail maps live on the sites that collected them, and Google finds the rest.
Memories
What skiers remember of Newaygo County Sports Park, in their own words.
Facts
Location
43.4701° N · 85.7747° W · Michigan
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1968–1977
Closed after the 1977 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