Where Val Chatel’s numbers come from
3 observations from 2 publishers behind 2 figures. Each row gives the figure we publish, how many sources gave one and how many agree; open it for what each said.
Figures
Advertised vertical drop270 ft1 source1 of 1 agreefrom Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project (MWLSAP)
Bamber Hills (also called Rochester Ski Hill) — Minnesota, Midwest Lost Ski Areas ProjectPublishedOct 2026“v: 270 ft.”
Total lifts62 sources1 of 2 agree · differfrom Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project (MWLSAP)
Bamber Hills (also called Rochester Ski Hill) — Minnesota, Midwest Lost Ski Areas ProjectPublishedOct 2026“In 1978 ( Skalka ): 6 rope tows”
Val Chatel Ski Lodge Resort (for sale) — Park Rapids Enterprise, December 19, 1987, p. 15 (clipping hosted by MWLSAP)Oct 2026Differs: 4 “There are three rope tows and a chair lift, snow making machinery and maintenance vehicles.”
Pages cited
Every source behind the figures, passes and facts, the resort’s own pages first.
- Bamber Hills (also called Rochester Ski Hill) — Minnesota, Midwest Lost Ski Areas ProjectSki history · Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project (MWLSAP) · mwlsap.org
- OpenSkiMap — Val ChatelCommunity map · OpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · skimap.org
- Val Chatel Ski Lodge Resort (for sale) — Park Rapids Enterprise, December 19, 1987, p. 15 (clipping hosted by MWLSAP)Other site · Park Rapids Enterprise · mwlsap.org
Other facts
Where the page's other facts come from: its location, website, owner and the like.
Operating status
The sources that list this area, and what each says about whether it operates.
- abandonedOpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · Community map · 2026-09-28Val Chatel — status: abandoned; activities: downhill; lifts mapped: 0; downhill runs mapped: 0; Clay