| A snowfall in early January, 1964 made the area quite popular. From Windham County Transcript dated 1/9/64. |
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History By The Year Current Pictures
Karen L. Houle has some great info on this small area:
"The Brooklyn Ski Area was open before 1964. Research from the Windham County Transcript shows it was open in 1964 and possibly earlier. John Paskavitch was owner and operator. In 1964, this ski facility was listed as having a 1,200 foot open slope and a 1,500 foot trail serviced by a 300 foot novice rope tow. An 800 foot intermediate nylon rope tow was new in 1964. Special features included: ample parking; warming cottage; free ski instruction on Saturdays and Sundays; rentals on boots, skis, and poles; and night skiing. On Monday afternoon August 31, 1964 the Brooklyn Ski Area building burned resulting in a $5000 loss."
The area closed around 1978, according to The Colorado Skier.
Karen found some great newspaper clippings showing this area:
| A snowfall in early January, 1964 made the area quite popular. From Windham County Transcript dated 1/9/64. |
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A building at the ski
area burns. From the Windham County Transcript dated
9/3/64.
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| Young skiers learning from owner John Paskavitch. From the Windham County Transcript dated 1/8/70. |
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| Year | Lifts | Trails | Other Info | Source |
| 1964 | 300' Novice lift, 800' intermediate lift | 1200' open slope, 1500' trail | 800' lift was new that year, so area likely opened in 1963 or earlier. | Windham County Transcript |
| Sep 1964 | Same | Same | $5,000 damage to ski area building in fire | Windham County Transcript |
| 1973 | 3 rope tows, 200 skiers per hour capacity | 1 trail, no snowmaking, vertical drop 200 feet | NW Exposure, operates daily, night skiing, ski shop, snack bar, rentals, warming huts. American technique. Rates - $2.00 weekdays, $1.50 junior, $1.00 nights. Same rates weekends | Ski Guide to the Northeast |
| 1978 | Unknown | Unknown | Year approximately closes | The Colorado Skier |
Thanks to Jeff Simpson who found this area and took some great pictures! Here are his details:
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"After living in Brooklyn, CT for the past year and a half and trying on multiple occasions to locate the lost Brooklyn, Ski area, a tip from King Karl from the Snowjournal.com NELSAP discussion group gave me the information that I needed. The lost Brooklyn Ski area is now quite grown over and located behind the Brooklyn Tennis Club, about 1 mile North of Route 6. I was able to find numerous lift towers and wheels to support the rope tows as well as a set of lights to light the slope. I'd estimate the vertical drop to be in the 150 foot range, and the slope length at about 100 yards. It's tough to say with how overgrown things currently are if they had the 3 rope tows that were listed, but the slope itself started out with a nice gentle beginner pitch for about 50 yards and then progressed to an intermediate pitch for the last 50 yards or so." |
| Looking up the main slope. Notice lift tower on right. |
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The main slope. |
| A lift tower for the rope tow. |
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More of the old lift line. |
If you remember this area and have more info just let us know.
