Where Windy City Ski Club/Devil's Lake’s numbers come from
2 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 drop176 ft1 source1 of 1 agreefrom Baraboo News Republic (via Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project)
Ski Slide To Be Ready Soon — Baraboo News Republic, December 3, 1940 (clipping on MWLSAP)PublishedOct 2026“The ski slide is 1,000 feet long with a drop of 176 feet”
Total lifts11 source1 of 1 agreefrom Geocaching.com
Devil's Lake Downhill (GC2RK8J) — Geocaching.comPublishedOct 2026“leased land and constructed a downhill ski run with rope tow and shelter building north and east of Devil's Lake”
Pages cited
Every source behind the figures, passes and facts, the resort’s own pages first.
- Pink Panther (later Snowburst, then Bear Valley) — Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project, WisconsinSki history · Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · mwlsap.org
- Ski Slide To Be Ready Soon — Baraboo News Republic, December 3, 1940 (clipping on MWLSAP)Other site · Baraboo News Republic (via Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project) · mwlsap.org
- Devil's Lake Downhill (GC2RK8J) — Geocaching.comOther site · Geocaching.com · geocaching.com
- OpenSkiMap — Windy City Ski Club/Devil's LakeCommunity map · OpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · skimap.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 · 2026-09-28Windy City Ski Club/Devil's Lake — status: abandoned; activities: downhill; lifts mapped: 0; downhill runs mapped: 0; Baraboo