Farr's
Hill
Randolph, VT
1936-1966
by: Betsy McDonough
According to an article written by M. Dickey Drysdale in the Winter 1987 Vermont Life, a rope tow operated in Randolph at the Harold J. Farr farm on Elm St. The tow served approximately 200 vertical feet. There was no charge to use the tow and was used mostly by the local children. The area also had a skating rink and a 1000 foot long toboggan chute.
The tow was shut down in 1966 because of the opening of nearby Pinnacle Skiways (also another lost area!). In appreciation of Harold Farr’s dedication to his community, Pinnacle named it’s practice slope after him.
NELSAP has heard from Dave
Kent, who used to ski here...here's his story:
In the late 50's I learned to ski there for 25 cents a lesson on Saturday
mornings. The ski instructor was Ebben Brown of South Royalton. The
rope tow was run by Mr. Farr a local farmer who donated his time every weekend
so the young people could ski. Not many of
us could afford back then to travel to Stowe or Suicide Six, and Killington didn't
exist. Our skis were also without
the latest bindings and NO metal edges on the Northlands.
In later years a more modern ski area called Pinnacle was developed just
South of Randolph on Rt.
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