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Rolla View
A small ski hill a few miles outside Rolla, North Dakota, opened in 1964 and last mentioned in 1984.
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Rolla View was a ski hill off Highway 5 a few miles west and north of Rolla, with a vertical drop of 140 feet. MWLSAP dates its opening to 1964.1
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Lost near Rolla View
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Opened 1954 · 70.3 mi away · North DakotaA ski hill and old Nordic jump in Benson County, three miles east of Fort Totten and ten south of Devils Lake, run as a ski area from 1954.
- 1974–1983 · 90.8 mi away · North DakotaA small ski area near Minot, in the valley below the Gassman Coulee railroad trestle, that ran from 1974 to 1983 on surface lifts.
- Years not yet collected · 168.6 mi away · MinnesotaA small rope-tow ski area northwest of Red Lake Falls in northwestern Minnesota, running from about 1960 until the late 1970s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 1 page below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Rolla View was a ski hill off Highway 5 a few miles west and north of Rolla, with a vertical drop of 140 feet. MWLSAP dates its opening to 1964. It advertised in the Turtle Mountain Star in January 1965, and the Bismarck Tribune wrote about its busy trade in February 1968. The last mention MWLSAP found is in Ski Magazine's January 1984 issue; no closing year is known.1
Sources for this history (1)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Lost Ski Areas of North Dakota: Rolla View
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Rolla View, in their own words.
Facts
Location
48.8788° N · 99.6733° W · North Dakota
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
from 1964 · the year it closed is not yet collected
Closed for good; the year it closed is not yet collected. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
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Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain