Lost ski areaColoradoElk MountainsRocky Mountains
Redstone
Ran 1960–1961. A one-T-bar beginner hill at Redstone in the Crystal River Valley that ran for a single winter, 1960–61.
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Redstone's ski area was a short-lived beginner hill at the village of Redstone. Frank Kistler proposed it in 1956 and had Dick Durrance and Willy Schaeffler study the site; the plans included runs and lifts on national forest land.1
Read the whole historyTodayThe land is private; the T-bar's drive terminal and top station were still standing in 2009. (2009)1
Timeline
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Memories
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Tell us what you remember, or what this page has wrong. Memories show here, credited to you, after we read them; facts are checked against a source before they change a figure.
Lost near Redstone
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1971–1974 · 6.8 mi away · ColoradoA one-chairlift ski area on Mount Daly above Marble, the first piece of a large resort and real estate plan that collapsed in 1974.
- Opened 1967 · 23.3 mi away · ColoradoA summer ski area with one tow on a 13,000-foot snowfield on the north side of Castle Peak, outside Aspen, run on and off from 1967 into the 1970s.
- 1965–1966 · 25.3 mi away · ColoradoA one-chairlift ski area on Red Mountain west of Glenwood Springs that operated in 1965 and 1966 before its lift was sold to Sunlight.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 1 page below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Redstone's ski area was a short-lived beginner hill at the village of Redstone. Frank Kistler proposed it in 1956 and had Dick Durrance and Willy Schaeffler study the site; the plans included runs and lifts on national forest land. In 1960 the Forest Service refused a permit because snowfall there had been marginal, so the Redstone Development Company put a short Roebling T-bar on private land instead, serving one beginner run beside a base lodge. It opened on December 25, 1960, closed that March for lack of snow, and has stayed closed since.1
TodayThe land is private; the T-bar's drive terminal and top station were still standing in 2009. (2009)1
Sources for this history (1)
- 1Colorado Ski History · Redstone Ski Area
Photos
No photographs of Redstone we may republish yet
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Memories
What skiers remember of Redstone, in their own words.
Facts
Location
39.1739° N · 107.2417° W · Colorado · Elk Mountains
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1960–1961
Closed after the 1961 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