Lost ski areaNew HampshireNortheast
Wendy's Slope
Closed after the 1995 season. A ski school slope on Stage Coach Hill south of Plymouth, started around 1937, that later became Frontenac's East Slope and, briefly, Lynx Creek.
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In the late 1930s Plymouth was a busy stop for snow trains from the cities to the south. Wendelyn Hiltie, from Switzerland, started Wendy's as a ski school around 1937 on Stage Coach Hill, south of town.1
Read the whole historyTodayThe renovated lodge is rented out as the Frontenac Ski Lodge, and no lifts run.1
Timeline
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Memories
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Lost near Wendy's Slope
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- Closed 1995 · 0.1 mi away · New HampshireA slope on Stage Coach Hill just south of Plymouth that ran as Wendy's Slope, then Frontenac and a ski camp, and last as Lynx Creek in 1994–95.
- Closed 1960 · 0.3 mi away · New HampshireThe original Frontenac, a rope-tow area on the north side of Stage Coach Hill just south of Plymouth, skied from about 1937 until 1960.
- Years not yet collected · 2.1 mi away · New HampshireA Plymouth ski hill founded by Fred Pabst, with one of New England's first overhead lifts, a J-bar, skied from before 1938 into the 1940s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 2 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
In the late 1930s Plymouth was a busy stop for snow trains from the cities to the south. Wendelyn Hiltie, from Switzerland, started Wendy's as a ski school around 1937 on Stage Coach Hill, south of town. A 1939 New England guide listed an 800-foot tow on a broad slope with 200 feet of drop. Hiltie later went to teach skiing in South America, and by the mid-1940s the operators of neighbouring Frontenac had bought the slope and run both under the Frontenac name.1
Wendy's became Frontenac's East Slope, and it outlasted the North Slope, which Plymouth zoned residential in 1960. George and Nancy Greer took over in 1962 and ran it as a ski camp, adding a 920-foot T-bar in 1969. It closed in 1991 as skiers moved to larger areas. Leased in 1994 and reopened as Lynx Creek, it got through only the warm 1994–95 winter.1
TodayThe renovated lodge is rented out as the Frontenac Ski Lodge, and no lifts run.1
Timeline
- c. 1937Wendelyn Hiltie starts Wendy's as a ski school1
- 1939Listed with an 800-foot tow and a 200-foot drop1
- c. 1940Frontenac's operators buy the slope; it becomes the East Slope1
- 1962George and Nancy Greer take over and run a ski camp1
- 1969A 920-foot T-bar is installed1
- 1991Frontenac closes1
- 1994Leased and reopened as Lynx Creek1
- 1995Lynx Creek ends after the warm 1994–95 winter1
Sources for this history (2)
- 1New England Lost Ski Areas Project · Wendy's/Frontenac/Lynx Creek
- 2Skimap.org · Wendy's Slope
Photos
No photographs of Wendy's Slope we may republish yet
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Memories
What skiers remember of Wendy's Slope, in their own words.
Facts
Location
43.7453° N · 71.6832° W · New Hampshire
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
until 1995 · the year it opened is not yet collected
Closed after the 1995 season. It stays here as part of the record of U.S. ski areas.
Its numbers
all 2all 2, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain