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The area began as Grosstal, on West Five Mile Road in Allegany. NYSkiBlog says it ran under that name from 1958 to 1968 with an 813-foot vertical drop and a headwall, one chairlift, two T-bars, a rope tow, night skiing and snowmaking; Clio also gives 1958, while Skikabbalah's lost New York pages say it opened in 1963.1,2,3
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Lost near Wing Hollow
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1963–1991 · 14.9 mi away · New YorkA chairlift and T-bar ski area on Poverty Hill Road near Ellicottville that opened in 1963 and later ran as Snow Mountain, Olympus One and the private Concord Ski Club.
- 1959–1979 · 25.2 mi away · New YorkA ski area off Route 39 east of Springville, in Yorkshire, that opened as Blue Mountain in 1959 and ran as Bluemont from 1968 through 1979.
- Years not yet collected · 38 mi away · New YorkA college-owned T-bar slope just north of Alfred that ran from about 1965 to about 1980.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 3 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
The area began as Grosstal, on West Five Mile Road in Allegany. NYSkiBlog says it ran under that name from 1958 to 1968 with an 813-foot vertical drop and a headwall, one chairlift, two T-bars, a rope tow, night skiing and snowmaking; Clio also gives 1958, while Skikabbalah's lost New York pages say it opened in 1963. Money troubles dogged it, and in 1968 a chairlift accident caused many injuries and a death.1,2,3
The area closed and was sold to new owners who revived it. NYSkiBlog says they called it Ski Wing and that it became Wing Hollow in 1975; Skikabbalah puts the names the other way round, dates a bankruptcy to 1969 and new owners to 1970, and says the Exchange Bank of Olean took over in 1974 and leased it to Ohio interests. In 1978 two employees were killed during a burglary at the lodge, and no one was ever caught. The area closed for good in the early 1980s.1,2,3
Sources for this history (3)
- 1Skikabbalah · Western New York lost ski areas (Grosstal)
- 2NYSkiBlog · The Ski Wing Murders (Harvey, July 19, 2021)
- 3Clio · Ski Wing/Wing Hollow (Katie McGovern, 2022)
Photos
No photographs of Wing Hollow we may republish yet
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Memories
What skiers remember of Wing Hollow, in their own words.
Facts
Location
42.1484° N · 78.5239° W · New York
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
from 1958 · the year it closed is 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 2all 2, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain