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Winterset stood about five miles west of Crivitz on County W, two miles north of Shaffer's Park, on slopes facing northeast. The Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project dates its opening to 1960; Wikipedia's article on Crivitz says the hill was developed in 1961.1,2
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Lost near Winterset
The closest other lost ski areas, as the crow flies.
- 1965–1985 · 12.9 mi away · WisconsinA ski hill west of Coleman in northeastern Wisconsin, with 300 feet of vertical and rope tows, open from 1965 to 1985.
- 1941–1998 · 40.7 mi away · WisconsinA volunteer-run ski hill in Potawatomi State Park near Sturgeon Bay, open from the 1940s through the 1997–1998 season.
- 1960–1977 · 42.1 mi away · WisconsinA Door County ski hill south of Fish Creek, built in 1960 and later called the Omnibus, where skiing ended in the 1970s.
History
Written by aurora.ski from the 3 pages below, each sentence numbered to its sources.
Winterset stood about five miles west of Crivitz on County W, two miles north of Shaffer's Park, on slopes facing northeast. The Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project dates its opening to 1960; Wikipedia's article on Crivitz says the hill was developed in 1961.1,2
A December 1963 advertisement in the Green Bay Press-Gazette offered 8 acres of groomed open slopes served by three rope tows, a trained ski patrol and an improved chalet, with Frank Samsa as proprietor. By 1978 it had three rope tows and a cable hand tow, by MWLSAP's count. MWLSAP gives the vertical as 225 feet, or 180, and dates the closing to between 1985 and 1987.1,3
Sources for this history (3)
- 1Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project · Winterset Ski Area — Wisconsin
- 2Wikipedia · Crivitz, Wisconsin
- 3Green Bay Press-Gazette (via Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project) · For winter fun, it's Winterset (advertisement) — Green Bay Press-Gazette, December 15, 1963 (clipping on MWLSAP)
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Memories
What skiers remember of Winterset, in their own words.
Facts
Location
45.2411° N · 88.0866° W · Wisconsin
OpenSkiMap lists it as abandoned.
Years operated
from 1960 · 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 3all 3, in one list
Terrain contours: USGS 3D Elevation Program, public domain