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The South Burlington Kiwanis Ski Area opened in the winter of 1962–63 on a slope behind the Cupola Motel, now a Sheraton, off Interstate 89. Its one lift was a 500-foot rope tow, and the slope was handed over to the town at a ceremony there in January 1963.1
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Lost near South Burlington Kiwanis Ski Area
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Opened 1937 · 15.1 mi away · VermontA small ski area on the former Eagan farm in Underhill Center, begun by a local winter sports club in 1937 and run by the Durbrow family until about 1981.
- Opened 1940 · 28.5 mi away · New YorkA small T-bar and rope-tow ski hill south of Elizabethtown, skied from 1940 and run commercially until 1979, then revived with a rope tow after 1994.
- Years not yet collected · 29.2 mi away · New YorkPaleface Ski Center, a ski area on Bassett Mountain beside Route 86 in Jay, east of Wilmington, with one double chairlift and a T-bar.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 1 page below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
The South Burlington Kiwanis Ski Area opened in the winter of 1962–63 on a slope behind the Cupola Motel, now a Sheraton, off Interstate 89. Its one lift was a 500-foot rope tow, and the slope was handed over to the town at a ceremony there in January 1963. The South Burlington High School Key Club donated lights for it.1
In June 1967 a fire destroyed the tow shack and its machinery, and vandals then broke the rest of the equipment and damaged 12 of the 14 floodlights. NELSAP thinks the area probably did not reopen for 1967–68. What NELSAP found of the lift was the flywheel at the top of the hill, a telephone pole and a wheel rim hanging from a birch.1
Sources for this history (1)
- 1New England Lost Ski Areas Project · South Burlington Kiwanis Ski Area
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Memories
What skiers remember of South Burlington Kiwanis Ski Area, in their own words.
Facts
Location
44.4753° N · 73.1821° W · Vermont
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
from 1962 · 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.
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Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain