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Timberlane was a small rope-tow area about three and a half miles northwest of Red Lake Falls, in Red Lake County. The Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project dates its start to 1960 or 1961.1,2,3
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Lost near Timberlane
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Opened 1960 · 25.2 mi away · MinnesotaA small community-built rope-tow area just south of Fertile in northwestern Minnesota, open from about 1960 and last listed in 1971.
- 1953–1987 · 81.6 mi away · MinnesotaA family-run ski lodge resort on Deep Lake north of Park Rapids, with a hotel and restaurant, that offered skiing from 1953 to 1987.
- Closed 1973 · 94.7 mi away · MinnesotaA club-founded ski hill on South Lake Lida near Pelican Rapids, on land now in Maplewood State Park, that ran from the early 1950s into the early 1970s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 4 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Timberlane was a small rope-tow area about three and a half miles northwest of Red Lake Falls, in Red Lake County. The Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project dates its start to 1960 or 1961. In January 1967 it was running four electric rope tows over beginner slopes, trails, a fall-line run and a bowl.1,2,3
Rollin Herold and Henry Skala bought the area late in 1967 and ran it that winter with four rope tows and five runs. It still had four rope tows in 1978. The project puts its end in 1979, since it is missing from a ski area list that November. By 1981 a four-mile Timberlane cross-country touring trail was listed at Red Lake Falls.1,2,4
Sources for this history (4)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Timberlane — Minnesota
- 2The Minneapolis Star · New Area (ski item)
- 3Grand Forks Herald · Timberlane Ski Report Excellent
- 4Star Tribune · Ski trails (cross-country listings)
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Memories
What skiers remember of Timberlane, in their own words.
Facts
Location
47.8972° N · 96.3089° W · Minnesota
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
all 3all 3, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain