Lost ski areaNew HampshireWhite MountainsNortheast
Russels
Russell's Slope, run by Russell's Inn in Kearsarge, was skied on foot in the 1930s and had a rope tow from the late 1940s.
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Russell's Slope belonged to Russell's Inn in Kearsarge and lay across from the Russell cottages. At first skiers climbed it and skied down; a 1939 description gave it an easy grade and a width of 200 feet.1
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Lost near Russels
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1963–1981 · 5.1 mi away · New HampshireA ski area in Jackson, in the Mount Washington Valley, that ran from the 1960s until 1981 with a double chair, a T-bar and a Poma.
- 1972–1982 · 14.1 mi away · MaineA one-T-bar ski area on Burnt Meadow Mountain in Brownfield, built by a local nonprofit and later run as Zodiac Skiway, open from 1972 to about 1982.
- 1972–1982 · 15.4 mi away · MaineA ski resort on Adams Mountain in Stoneham, Maine, with three chairlifts, open from 1972 to 1982 apart from one idle winter.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 1 page below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Russell's Slope belonged to Russell's Inn in Kearsarge and lay across from the Russell cottages. At first skiers climbed it and skied down; a 1939 description gave it an easy grade and a width of 200 feet. John Nutter built a rope tow there in 1947, run by a Model A Ford engine at the foot of the hill, and the next winter moved it to the top and powered it with a Buick. NELSAP records a 900-foot tow from 1948 that was still running in 1953; nothing later is known.1
Sources for this history (1)
- 1New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Russell's Slope
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Russels, in their own words.
Facts
Location
44.0701° N · 71.1150° W · New Hampshire · White Mountains
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
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