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GGNagy

February 27, 2013

Member since 01/5/2006 🔗

507 posts

I thought I would copy the current discussion from the "Zippo Ski Slope" page as this is a different place.

Originally Posted By: Dennis Dahlmann

Today at 2:16 am
Hi,

I was poking around on Goggle Maps and I found a Lost Ski Area that is not on your list. Checkout The Cove at Green Mountain to see if I am right. This is now a summer resort located several miles WSW from Eagle Rock near Hazelton, PA. There appears to be 10 slopes on a smallish vertical. I have no idea what the original name of the ski area is, but the road at the base area is titled Cove Lane.

Originally Posted By: GGNagy

Today at 11:23 am
Thanks, Dennis. It certainly looks like 5-6 slopes plus a lift line, and shed at the base of the lift line. I have written the village association to see if they have any more information or history. possibly 380 in elevation.

Originally Posted By: Jim

Today at 12:18 pm
Looks like one that never made it to operational.

Check out the street names on Google Maps, all ski area or slope names.

The 1992 historical map on Google earth shows what appears to be a base lodge that is gone by the 2005 photo. You can make out the (proposed) lift line, and it appears there are base pads for the lift, but no lift infrastructure can be seen.

Very interesting.

Nothing on the topo.

GGNagy

February 27, 2013

Member since 01/5/2006 🔗

507 posts

According the the imagery on pennpilot, the slopes were cut between 1958 and 1971. The contrast in the 71 photos make it very difficult to make out details. There is a seperate solitary clearing to the east that is connected to the main area by a narrow cuttting as if for power or lift line.

Late 60s/early 70s was a time when these private communities with such amenities like ski areas began to really proliferate.
Most of them did not keep the ski area operation open for very long. Bear Rocks, Alpine Lake, Indian Lake, Treasure Island, and Shawnee Land are some other examples that jump to mind.