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Ski Valley lay off West Hollow Road and County Road 33, about five miles north of Naples in the town of South Bristol. It opened to the public in 1965.1,2,3
Read the whole historyTodayThe 18-acre property had stood vacant for years, and its owner planned to replace the ski lodge with a single house. (2019)3
Timeline
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Memories
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Lost near Ski Valley Club
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Years not yet collected · 34.9 mi away · New YorkA small ski hill off Conlon Road in Le Roy, near Thruway Exit 47, run by the town's parks department, that ended lift service around 2009.
- Years not yet collected · 35.6 mi away · New YorkA college-owned T-bar slope just north of Alfred that ran from about 1965 to about 1980.
- Years not yet collected · 36 mi away · New YorkA small T-bar and rope-tow hill on Route 19 just south of Warsaw, with snowmaking and night skiing, listed in guidebooks through the 1970s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 3 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Ski Valley lay off West Hollow Road and County Road 33, about five miles north of Naples in the town of South Bristol. It opened to the public in 1965. Guides of the early 1970s list a T-bar, a J-bar and two rope tows, five to nine trails, snowmaking, night skiing and a vertical of 610 to 625 feet.1,2,3
It later became a private club, listed in the 1994 White Book as Ski Valley Club with a chairlift, a T-bar and a rope tow, 11 trails, 700 feet of vertical and snowmaking on most of the hill. The area closed in the fall of 2000 and was foreclosed on in 2001.1,2
A new owner bought the property in 2011 planning to reopen its 12 runs and renovated lodge as Bristol Ski Valley, but no source read shows the lifts running again. In 2019 the town planning board heard a plan to tear down the old ski lodge on the 18-acre property, vacant for years, and build a single house.1,2,3
TodayThe 18-acre property had stood vacant for years, and its owner planned to replace the ski lodge with a single house. (2019)3
Timeline
- 1965Ski Valley opens to the public1
- 1972Atlas lists a T-bar, a J-bar, two rope tows and nine trails2
- 1994Listed as Ski Valley Club with a chairlift, T-bar and rope tow2
- 2000The ski area closes in the fall2
- 2001The property goes through foreclosure1
- 2011New owner buys it with plans to reopen as Bristol Ski Valley1,2
- 2019Plan to demolish the old ski lodge goes before the town3
Sources for this history (3)
- 1skikabbalah.com · Ski Valley
- 2skikabbalah.com · SKI VALLEY References
- 3Town of South Bristol · Town of South Bristol Planning Board Meeting Minutes, March 20, 2019
Photos
No photographs of Ski Valley Club we may republish yet
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Memories
What skiers remember of Ski Valley Club, in their own words.
Facts
Location
42.6988° N · 77.4225° W · New York
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1965–2000
Closed after the 2000 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
all 5all 5, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain