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Vermont's Lost Ski Areas
- Chamberlin Birch - Newport, Vermont
- Wildwood Valley - Morgan, Vermont
- LSC Ski Area - Lyndon, Vermont
Portland-Lincoln PTA
St. Johnsbury, VT
Late 1950's-1970
By Jeremy Davis of NELSAP
The Portland Lincoln PTA of St. Johnsbury built a small ski area behind the Lincoln School around 1958. The ski area operated with a 400' rope tow and served mainly local school children, as the slope was quite small. The area closed in 1970, probably due to a lack of interest and the expanding nearby Burke Mountain.
Thanks to Betsy McDonough who pointed this one out to NELSAP! Here's some photos of a trip to the ski area made in the middle of November, 1999.
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The view of the ski area from the bottom of the slope. |
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The view from the top looking down. You can see how short the slope was! |
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Betsy McDonough standing next to one of 
Many, many thanks to Jeremy Davis of New England Lost Ski Areas Project (NELSAP) for his permission to feature his work on the Vermont Northeast Kingdom Guide. If you have any info and/or photos relating to these (or other) ski areas of days gone by please contact us. Your contributions will be most appreciated and you will be credited.
