The Abandoned Ski Resorts of North America
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- Across North America, hundreds of “ghost” ski areas can be found, with trails cut into mountainsides decades ago that now lay dormant, waiting to be rediscovered. There’s something creepy yet fascinating about abandoned places and in this video, we’ll explore the landscapes and history of six abandoned ski resorts where decaying lifts and broken-down shacks are surrounded by clean, pristine powder.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:26 Fortress Mountain Resort, Alberta
01:59 Berthoud Pass, Colorado
03:11 Nevele Grande Resort, New York
04:39 Marshall Mountain, Montana
05:57 Ski Rio, New Mexico
06:58 Hogback Mountain, Vermont
The reason Fortress closed was that RCR (Resorts of the Canadian Rockies) had just gone through a bankruptcy process with former owner Charlie Locke, and oil billionaire Murray Edwards had purchased the company. This is why his first move was to shutter Wintergreen in 2003, with Fortress following in 2004. With competition from Nakiska (also owned by RCR) which had much better infrastructure, Fortress was not viable at the time. Of course, this was also due to decades of neglect on the part of Charlie Locke, who viewed the resort as "secondary" compared to his other resorts like Fernie or Lake Louise.
Thanks for this! Loved this mountain back in the day. 3 mountain pass of Nakiska fortress and wintergreen
There's a video out there somewhere where the Fortress "caretaker" just set up shop and never left! Classic....
Split Rock Ski Resort, Lake Harmony, PA… 1942-2004.
I not only visited a few weeks back, but hiked to the top of one trail for a few ski turns… first alpine skier to run the mountain in 20 years! ⛷️😎
The Nevele Grande was never more than a 300 ft beginners slope. None of the skiing footage was filmed there.
It is sad to see so many great little family ski areas closed - they were great local places to learn to ski as a kid, especially if they were close enough to go every evening.
I took ski lessons at Ski Rio. I loved that mountain. We went over several years, but its remoteness was a factor for us going back.
Love these videos!! Great work hope you get more recognition 👍
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Can't wait to see this episode on Europe
It’s definitely coming!
There are videos from Swiss, Italy, Austria, France, with those content on RUclips. The party is over, the scrap remains !
We go past hog back a lot it’s overgrown but you can see one tbar terminal near the road. There’s tracks during powder days meaning ppl skied it
Iron Mountain CA. It’s located a few miles west of Kirkwood. Used to have a couple of lifts but most of it is gone now. It was less expensive and a little closer to the Bay Area.
Marshall Mountain isn’t in the Flathead Valley. It’s east of the Missoula Valley. Very stoked to see it on this list tho. I learned to snowboard there back around 2000. Was a cool little place but they definitely don’t get a lot of snow anymore.
Hogback mtn is not in the blue ridge mountains, unless they moved
I rode hogback a few years ago after riding mount snow. thiers a lost ski area 30 mins from my house in maryland called orgeon ridge
Don’t think Fortress Mountain is opening this year. I live in Calgary and there has been zero advertising for season passes or tickets. To bad. I loved this hill as a kid and young adult. I biked up there years ago (got permission from the owner) and it brought back some great memories. They do have a cat skiing operation there and I hear it’s amazing.
Skied there again in 2019 after skiing there in the eighties. The Cat Skiing was amazing!
While the lifts at Fortress have not carried passengers in years, the current owners of Fortress have a Cat skiing operation they run each winter. So you can say that yes - the lifts and buildings are "closed" and have been for years but there is still commercial skiing going on at the mountain. The owners are working towards re-opening lift access on the mountain and have an impressive master plan, but as with everything that involves both funding and government approval, these things take time.
I wish "vile" resorts would be abandoned!😂
It is a shame in the US and in Europe. The earnings are gone private, and the garbage of lifts, buildings, oil, etc. is polluting the nature. Taking the scrap from the mountains is socialiced and to be payed by tax, if it ever happens !!!
Indeed sad that buildings, lifts and facilities are left behind in the beautiful mountains and nature!
What’s with the music? These places don’t seem scary at all.