This is a great story! Yes folks, the name of this ski area is right! Recently I spoke to Kevin Thomas, a closed ski area enthusiast, and one of the ski areas we talked about was this one. Apparently, the person who founded this ski area strung up a rope tow for his own semi-private ski area. All ski lifts needed to be inspected for the state of Massachusetts. Anyway, the Tramway Commision got wind of this ski area, and demanded that the area be inspected in order to be open to the public. The owner didn't like this, so when the inspection sheet asked for the name of his then nameless ski area, he called it "Private Property No Trespassing Keep Out Ski Area!"
The lift was still
in good shape in the late 1980's, although it is unknown if the area was
in operation. The ski area was located north of route 9 and 85.
| Betsy McDonough and I found the area in April, 2000. Here it is...with the rope tow going up through the pine trees on the right. And yes, that is a plane there...unknown who owns it! |
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Here's the Terraserver overhead pic (found by Betsy). The location of the plane is noted, as is the rope tow line. |