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I
went to Millbrook School in Millbrook NY, Class of '77. Millbrook had a
small ski area served by a rope tow with and old car engine (make
unknown). There were two main trails which can bee seen in the attached
photos. My first year the ski hill was not running but on and
off during my last two years the hill was active thanks to the help of
the ski team coach Thomas (Dizzy) Doelger and a few enthusiastic
skiers who were on the team that year and tired of walking up. I was on
the hockey team so I did not work on the tow but enjoyed it with friends
on the weekend. We used to ski down either slope and try to keep as much
speed coming up to the base of the rope tow so we would not have to gain
all our uphill momentum at the expense of our ski glove palm ! Needless
to say there was never any line. It was usually just 3 or 4 of us and
you could go round and round without really stopping until you were worn
out. The rope tow ran from a small shack up the yellow line in the
photo. I know the tow was there long before I attended. It has run on and off based on student faculty interest and as far as I know has not operated in several years. I believe the engine and hardware are all still present but have not verified this. Hopefully it will entertain the students again some day. |
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