Lost ski areaNorth DakotaMidwest
Trestle Valley
Ran 1974–1983. A small ski area near Minot, in the valley below the Gassman Coulee railroad trestle, that ran from 1974 to 1983 on surface lifts.
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Trestle Valley was a ski area near Minot, in the coulee crossed by the Gassman Coulee railroad trestle. MWLSAP dates it from 1974 to 1983 and gives it a 195-foot vertical, served in 1980 by a rope tow, a Poma and a T-bar.1,2
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Lost near Trestle Valley
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Opened 1964 · 90.8 mi away · North DakotaA small ski hill a few miles outside Rolla, North Dakota, opened in 1964 and last mentioned in 1984.
- Opened 1954 · 115.3 mi away · North DakotaA ski hill and old Nordic jump in Benson County, three miles east of Fort Totten and ten south of Devils Lake, run as a ski area from 1954.
- Years not yet collected · 236.3 mi away · MinnesotaA small rope-tow ski area northwest of Red Lake Falls in northwestern Minnesota, running from about 1960 until the late 1970s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Trestle Valley was a ski area near Minot, in the coulee crossed by the Gassman Coulee railroad trestle. MWLSAP dates it from 1974 to 1983 and gives it a 195-foot vertical, served in 1980 by a rope tow, a Poma and a T-bar. Readers of Ghosts of North Dakota remember teaching and skiing there in the mid-1970s, some of them while stationed at Minot Air Force Base, and recall surface lifts rather than a real chairlift. They also say the old lodge was later turned into a private home.1,2
Sources for this history (2)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Lost Ski Areas of North Dakota: Trestle Valley
- 2Ghosts of North Dakota · Gassman Coulee Trestle (Troy Larson, May 19, 2010)
Photos
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Memories
What skiers remember of Trestle Valley, in their own words.
Facts
Location
48.2313° N · 101.4021° W · North Dakota
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
1974–1983
Closed after the 1983 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
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Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain