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newman
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Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 3:25 PM GMT

Edited: Jul 06, 2012 - 3:25 PM GMT

In New England
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Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 12:34 AM GMT

Snow Valley, VT?

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Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 1:35 AM GMT

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I dont think Snow Valleys lodge is there. I walked through it in the late 90s. I think it was raised by the guy who was trying to re-open the place a few years ago. The lodge in the photo is an open area. I had to post it. It looks like a haunted house. It led me back to another thread. I found pictures of the main chair at the place. It had ads on the back of the chairs like another topic I once started here.

As I look at the picture again, I think that may be a magic carpet in front of the buildings?

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Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 2:29 AM GMT

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I dont think Snow Valleys lodge is there. I walked through it in the late 90s. I think it was raised by the guy who was trying to re-open the place a few years ago. The lodge in the photo is an open area. I had to post it. It looks like a haunted house. It led me back to another thread. I found pictures of the main chair at the place. It had ads on the back of the chairs like another topic I once started here.

As I look at the picture again, I think that may be a magic carpet in front of the buildings?

Yep, I noticed the magic carpet, too.

I don't recognize the area, but you're right about that lodge. It's creepy.

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Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 2:40 AM GMT

Oh ... the flowers. Lupines!

The all-time classic Monty Python lupine sketch. Start at 2:15 if you don't want the full botany lesson, which begins at about 1:30.

(Still don't have any idea where this photo was taken, though.)

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Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 3:54 AM GMT

That's an odd picture. Cllearly abandoned lodge but a magic carpet; a fairly modern convenience. Makes me think its an area that was owned by another area but then closed.

Timberside - pretty sure no magic carpet
Crotchd - closed too early & no lodge
Brodie - Maybe? for the tubing thing?
My guess though is Haystack, lower lodge?

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Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 6:00 AM GMT

That is a recent picture. The area still skis. Ive never been to the place. I am assumeing thats still the lodge.
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Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 4:47 PM GMT

Big Rock, ME.

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Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 4:52 PM GMT

That is correct. I dont know if anyone noticed, but I noticed after posting the bigrock2012 on the bottom.

Here is another lodge photo from this year.
Also a picture of the double chair. Lots of signs on the chairs and towers. I talked about this sigh thing on a lost valley topic.

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Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 4:53 PM GMT

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That is correct. I dont know if anyone noticed, but I discovered, after posting the bigrock2012 on the bottom.

Here is another lodge photo from this year.
Also a picture of the double chair. Lots of signs on the chairs and towers. I talked about this sigh thing on a lost valley topic.

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Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 9:43 PM GMT

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That is correct. I dont know if anyone noticed, but I noticed after posting the bigrock2012 on the bottom.

I was going to guess Big Rock but I thought it might be a trap!!!

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Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 4:20 AM GMT

Edited: Jul 10, 2012 - 4:24 AM GMT

It was neither abandoned nor haunted during the day when I was there in Feb. 2010. The 1st floor had the cafeteria, the second floor was a large dining area and the top floor had offices for the ski area and possibly the turbine operations.
Big Rock Trip Report 2/16/2010

Some better shots of the lodge in this YouTube video.
Big Rock Video
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Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 4:27 AM GMT

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Now this place is both and also in Maine.
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