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Tabernash

Ran 1945–1961. A small rope tow hill on the south edge of Tabernash that the Tabernash Ski Club ran from 1945 to 1961.

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The Tabernash Ski Club ran a rope tow hill on land it leased from Eldon E. (Buck) Thurston at the south edge of town. It lasted 16 winters, from 1945 to 1961, even with Winter Park only a few miles away.1

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TodayThe slope, apparently at the south end of County Road 524, has partly grown over.1

Timeline

2 events · swipe

  1. 1945Tabernash Ski Club starts its rope tow hill1
  2. 1961Club folds and the hill returns to the Thurston family1

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Lost near Tabernash

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  • Frosty Basin

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  • Snow King Valley

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