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Colleges and Private School Ski Areas: New England

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joshua segal Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 12, 2004 Posts: 5945 Location:NH	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 1:00 PM GMT Edited: Apr 12, 2007 - 1:20 PM GMT The recent Dartmouth thread brings to mind that a lot of schools did at one time operate ski areas. I'll start the thread in 6-categories and as is my custom, will summarize it from time-to-time: College areas operating: Dartmouth, NH: Chair Middlebury, VT: Chair NELSAP College Areas: Colby, ME: T-Bar Norwich, VT: Chair Private High School areas operating: Blackwater, Proctors Academy, NH: T-Bar NELSAP Private High School areas: Cardigan School, NH: Rope Dublin School, NH: Rope Public School Areas operating: NELSAP Public School areas: __________ Joshua Segal

djspookman Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 05, 2004 Posts: 1036 Location:Jericho, VT / Westmoreland, NH	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 1:10 PM GMT Edited: Apr 12, 2007 - 1:11 PM GMT Vermont Technical College Ski Tow! (Randolph, VT) It was running last I knew.. but i'm not sure anymore.. dave __________ Skiing is life......

professor Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 08, 2004 Posts: 229 Location:Vermont	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 1:13 PM GMT Edited: Apr 13, 2007 - 4:03 PM GMT A huge percentage of the private boarding schools in Northern New England once operated small areas, and would fit into the NELSAP private school category. Many of these are currently listed on NELSAP. Then there is the whole other topic of private secondary school ski academies, such as the Stratton School, Burke Academy, Killington School, and GMV (Green Mountain Valley?) School, which are associated with large, active resort mountains. Norwich University and Williams College are also the sites of a college NELSAP areas. Dartmouth used to operate the Oak Hill area in town in Hanover. Middlebury had a ski area in town on Chipman hill, which was never lift served - it was the site of ski jumping for many years (the old hill can still be seen clearly, minus any hardware), and carnival races during WWII when they couldn't afford the gas to get up to the Snow Bowl.

skizilla Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Aug 05, 2004 Posts: 457 Location:Southwick, Ma	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 1:13 PM GMT the eaglebrook school has an area. I have always wanted to ski it. Does anyone know if it is everopen to the public __________ There is no truth only coercion of opinion

DrJeff Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 29, 2002 Posts: 907 Location:	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 1:15 PM GMT Quote: the eaglebrook school has an area. I have always wanted to ski it. Does anyone know if it is everopen to the public That will probably fall into its own category of private middle schools with its own ski area!

shpride Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 10, 2006 Posts: 323 Location:Flatlands, MA	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 1:15 PM GMT Is Eagle Brook still open?

joshua segal Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 12, 2004 Posts: 5945 Location:NH	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 1:16 PM GMT Let's change the topic slightly to make it a minimum of a T-Bar to qualify for the list. That will eliminate Dublin and Cardigan from further consideration; as well as many of the one "professor" alluded to. __________ Joshua Segal

rocket21 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 13, 2001 Posts: 8404 Location:USA	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 1:28 PM GMT Quote: Is Eagle Brook still open? The ski area closes at the beginning of March when the students go on spring break. Back when I was there, once a year the ski area was opened to local residents. There's a nice variety of terrain there, supported by snowmaking and grooming and serviced by a Doppelmayr double chair (purchased from Wachusett). __________ NewEnglandSkiHistory.com

DrJeff Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 29, 2002 Posts: 907 Location:	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 4:25 PM GMT Edited: Apr 12, 2007 - 4:29 PM GMT I think Eaglebrook is the ski area most famous for being know as the "what ski area is that?" as you're driving up/down I-91 by Greenfield

photogf128 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 10, 2004 Posts: 2605 Location:MRV Vermont	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 4:40 PM GMT Windham College, Putney, Vt ran a rope tow on a hill behind the dorms in the late 60's, early 70's. We called it Freak Peak. The Spring Carnival we held featured a Gelande and Beer Slalom. I did both but my memory is alittle fuzzy.... __________ facebook.com/profile.php?id=1454198707#!/pages/American-Photoart-Gallery/90884206988

kayaker Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Feb 26, 2002 Posts: 463 Location:	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 5:41 PM GMT Quote: Let's change the topic slightly to make it a minimum of a T-Bar to qualify for the list. I know you said T-bar, but I documented a rope tow area at Holy Cross a few years ago. Holy Cross could be added to NELSAP College areas. I had a post about this a few years ago and pictures are in my gallery.

shenty Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Oct 17, 2005 Posts: 900 Location:Bedford NH - New London, NH	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 6:14 PM GMT The only reason why I know about this one is because I saw it on nelsap.org and it came up in conversation when I was talking to a KUA faculty member about their ski program. Kimball Union Academy Slope __________ There's no waiting for friends on a powder day.

Bill29 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Dec 19, 2002 Posts: 2414 Location:	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 6:24 PM GMT Quote: "I know you said T-bar, but I documented a rope tow area at Holy Cross a few years ago. Holy Cross could be added to NELSAP College areas. I had a post about this a few years ago and pictures are in my gallery." That's correct. Holy Cross had a rope tow on the east side of campus. Couldn't have had more than 100 or so feet of vertical. And if we're going to break the rope tow rule so soon, Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., used to set up a rope tow on a slope behind the old gym. It ran off an old automobile engine. It had a vertical of maybe 90 to 100 feet. That was when Nichols still was a junior college and before the new gym was built and the new football field and track were put in. It's a NELSAP area.

summitchallenger Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Dec 16, 2005 Posts: 531 Location:	Posted: Apr 12, 2007 - 11:52 PM GMT Quote: Vermont Technical College Ski Tow! (Randolph, VT) It was running last I knew.. but i'm not sure anymore.. dave Yes it is. Saw pics from the local paper.

ODDfreakPERSON Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 23, 2003 Posts: 603 Location:Northeastern Massachusetts	Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 12:48 AM GMT Brooks School in North Andover MA had a ski area and i believe Lyndon State College VT had one too. __________ - Chris

joshua segal Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 12, 2004 Posts: 5945 Location:NH	Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 11:15 AM GMT Edited: Apr 13, 2007 - 11:39 AM GMT Based on your inputs, the summary list includes rope tows. A few with question marks, I don't know what kind of lift operated. College areas operating: Dartmouth, NH: Chair Middlebury, VT: Chair Vermont Technical College, VT: ? NELSAP College Areas: Colby, ME: T-Bar Holy Cross, MA: Rope Lyndon State College, VT: ? Nichols College, MA: Rope Norwich, VT: Chair Oak Hill, NH (Dartmouth): Williams College, MA: Windham College, Putney, Vt: Rope Private School areas operating: Blackwater, Proctors Academy, NH: T-Bar Eaglebrook, MA: Chair NELSAP Private School areas: Brooks School, MA: ? Cardigan School, NH: Rope Dublin School, NH: Rope Kimball Union Academy Slope, NH: T-Bar Public School Areas operating: NELSAP Public School areas: __________ Joshua Segal

rocket21 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 13, 2001 Posts: 8404 Location:USA	Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 11:33 AM GMT Eaglebrook isn't actually a high school, it's grades 6-9. Another addition would be Deerfield Academy (Secondary School - Rope Tow, NELSAP) __________ NewEnglandSkiHistory.com

djspookman Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 05, 2004 Posts: 1036 Location:Jericho, VT / Westmoreland, NH	Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 12:34 PM GMT Quote: Based on your inputs, the summary list includes rope tows. A few with question marks, I don't know what kind of lift operated. College areas operating: Dartmouth, NH: Chair Middlebury, VT: Chair Vermont Technical College, VT: ? NELSAP College Areas: Colby, ME: T-Bar Holy Cross, MA: Rope Lyndon State College, VT: ? Nichols College, MA: Rope Norwich, VT: Chair Oak Hill, NH (Dartmouth): Williams College, MA: Windham College, Putney, Vt: Rope Private School areas operating: Blackwater, Proctors Academy, NH: T-Bar Eaglebrook, MA: Chair NELSAP Private School areas: Brooks School, MA: ? Cardigan School, NH: Rope Dublin School, NH: Rope Kimball Union Academy Slope, NH: T-Bar Public School Areas operating: NELSAP Public School areas: Vermont Tech is a rope tow, and the hill (i'm guessing here) is about a 150' vert drop. (many drunken sledding/hiking nights out there make my vertical drop guess a mystery) Dave __________ Skiing is life......

shenty Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Oct 17, 2005 Posts: 900 Location:Bedford NH - New London, NH	Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 3:45 PM GMT Edited: Apr 13, 2007 - 4:03 PM GMT Quote: Brooks School in North Andover MA had a ski. Are you sure? Any idea where it might have been? If it was on campus, the only place I could see it would be over by the "Mean Machine" (a big hill by the lake about 150 feet near the boat houses). I went to Brooks in the late 70s and there was never any mention of a ski hill. I also pulled out my Brooks @ 50 written in 1978 by the original headmaster for 45 years; and there isn't any mention of a ski hill. ED: Looking at the NELSAP page (where I should have started) it sounded like there was something nearby. However when I was there we never went over there. Actually I never went on any school sponsored trips. __________ There's no waiting for friends on a powder day.

rstuthill Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 03, 2005 Posts: 1775 Location:Bolton, CT	Posted: Apr 13, 2007 - 4:19 PM GMT UConn, Westminster.

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