Lost Ski Areas of Southern Vermont: Jeremy Davis @ Bartleby's on 8/28

Submitted by sullivermont on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 2:57pm

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Calling all Vermont history buffs!

Hidden amongst the hills and mountains of Southern Vermont
are the remnants of sixty former ski areas, their slopes returning to forest
and their lifts decaying. Today, only fourteen remain open and active. Though
they offer some incredible skiing, most lack the intimate, local feel of these
lost ski trails.

Jeremy Davis, creator of the New England Lost Ski Areas
Project, looks into the over-investment, local competition, weather variation,
changing skier habits, insurance costs and just plain bad luck that caused
these ski areas to succumb and melt back into the landscape. From the
family-operated Hogback here in Windham County to Clinton Gilbert’s farm in
Woodstock, where the very first rope tow began operation in the winter of 1934,
these once popular ski areas have left an indelible trace on the hearts of
their ski communities and the history of Southern Vermont.

The book features never before published photographs, maps,
and memories of former Southern Vermont ski areas, and also contains
information on the remaining small, community-type ski areas that still operate
in the region.