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Pine Forge Ski Area
Pine Forge, Pennsylvania
| Historical Overview - reported by M. Scott Smith, DCSki Editor |
Sean Dougherty writes about a lost Pennsylvania ski area named Pine Forge:
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“It was open in the sixties and closed in the early seventies. The name of the resort was called Pine Forge Ski Area located in Pine Forge, between Pottstown and Boyertown. They had two or three trails with a rope tow and a J-bar, I believe. This past Saturday I was at a bar and talking about snowboarding when a man handed me a pass. The season pass cost only $30 for a season. He had his picture on there and the pass was good for1969-1970 season. I couldn’t believe he still had the pass let alone in his wallet, I guess a conversation piece. My parents told me about this place when I was young and the trails are overgrown but you can still make the trails out.”
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| Reader Comments |
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The views and opinions expressed in DCSki Article Comments are strictly those of the comment authors and have not been reviewed or approved by DCSki. If you believe a comment is inaccurate or inappropriate, please contact DCSki's Editor. Comments on Pine Forge Ski Area - posted by Bill O
February 17, 2009 at 11:28 pm I've been looking for this area for a while. Do you have a more specific location? I'd like to explore and take some pictures.
Comments on Pine Forge Ski Area - posted by SEAN DOUGHERTY
February 20, 2009 at 9:55 pm This old ski area is located about 3 miles outside of Pottstown. Take State Street north and bear left on Manatawnay Street next to Cumberland Farms. Follow about 3 miles, pass Rattlensake Hill on left and about 1/4 mile down street on left is the old resort. It is now I believe a trucking or shipping company but the outline of the trails remain partially. Was never a big place and I'm sure most people around this area now don't even know this little place ever even existed!
Comments on Pine Forge Ski Area - posted by Shane
March 4, 2009 at 7:37 pm The lifts are still on the old slopes and the old lodge is now a resturant called Gracies. The lift can be seen from the Pine Forge Elem School in the winter months I learned about this slope in the 80s from an older resident in the area
Comments on Pine Forge Ski Area - posted by Roger Roth
January 10 at 12:51 pm As a 12-year-old I learned to ski around 1968 at Pine Forge through a program offered at the Pottstown YMCA. I'll never forget the soaking wet rope tow that would saturate my gloves in no time at all. Some high-tech skiers had a neat little device that they would clamp around the rope to pull them up the hill and keep their hands dry at the same time. They were so lucky!
I remember trying to get up the "Big" slope but inevitably dropping off either because I feared the steep descent or because I couldn't hold on any longer. If your memory still retains something of what the lodge looked like many years ago, you might remember the jukebox that sat on the right just as you stepped down into the building. When I had the occasion to meet with Gracie of Gracies Restaurant about 20 years ago, I stopped mid-stride as I entered the building and remembered hearing Nancy Sinatra singing "One of These Days These Boots are Going to Walk on over You." If you remember this tune from years back, you may remember that during the part when she sings the lyrics mentioned above, it almost sounds like someone unplugged the power cord and the player was shutting down. I thought I had tripped over the power cord as I walked past the jukebox. Great memories of my first athletic pursuit! |
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