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Spicy Run Mountain was a ski area near Peebles in south central Ohio. The Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project dates it from 1997 to 2001, gives it 600 feet of vertical, and counts it among the upside-down areas, where the lodge sat at the top of the hill rather than the bottom.1
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Lost near Spicy Run Mountain
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1979–1991 · 53.8 mi away · OhioA ski area on Bauer Road at Logan, in southeast Ohio, that opened in January 1979 and closed in 1991.
- 1979–1982 · 55.8 mi away · KentuckyA small ski resort with three slopes and A-frame homes near Catlettsburg in Boyd County, Kentucky, that ran from 1979 through the 1982 season.
- 1965–1989 · 59.4 mi away · OhioA ski hill on Washington Mill Road in Bellbrook, southeast of Dayton, that ran from 1965 to 1989; its lodge is now the park district's headquarters.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 4 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Spicy Run Mountain was a ski area near Peebles in south central Ohio. The Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project dates it from 1997 to 2001, gives it 600 feet of vertical, and counts it among the upside-down areas, where the lodge sat at the top of the hill rather than the bottom.1
Gotta Go It Snows lists the same 600 feet with 4 lifts, 9 trails and 40 skiable acres. Skiresort.info gives an elevation range of 207 to 369 metres, a difference of 162 metres, and 4 lifts, and says the area has shut down. Skimap.org holds trail maps dated from 1995 to 2000.2,3,4
Sources for this history (4)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Ohio lost ski areas: Spicy Run Mountain
- 2Gotta Go It Snows · Spicy Run Mountain
- 3skiresort.info · Ski resort Spicy Run Mountain
- 4Skimap.org · Spicy Run Mountain ski maps
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Memories
What skiers remember of Spicy Run Mountain, in their own words.
Facts
Location
39.0765° N · 83.2085° W · Ohio
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1997–2001
Closed after the 2001 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
all 6all 6, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain