Oxbow
Eagle Rock
Jonesville, VT
1970-1975

Note-It appears this area is on private property (its located behind a home) so please do not trespass. Thanks!

This small ski area operated from 1970 until 1975 in the small town of Jonesville.  There was a 600 foot drop served by 2 trails.  The following is a passage from an article entitled "Forgotten Slopes," from the Burlington Free Press, March 12, 1994, written by Sally Pollak.  Thanks to Andy Dufresne who provided this great article to NELSAP!

"...Oxbow Mountain, located on a dirt road in Jonesville, suffered a similar fate: The 5 year project of Jerry Mullen ended in 1975."

"Oxbow was a gentle hill, hardly a resort: The 600 foot vertical slope was served by a T-bar that stands today, a relic of Vermont's skiing past."

"Mullen, who died at 77 in 1989, owned 1000 acres and always wanted to build a ski area, said his son, Gerard Mullen, a chemistry teacher at Burlington High School."

" ' I occasionally run into people who ask me, "whatever happened to that great little ski area?" said Gerard Mullen.  The answer? "Escalating costs killed it, finally we could not get insurance.  The insurance companies wouldn't even sell it."

To the right, a view of the T-bar in 1994, from the Burlington Free Press.

The trail map from near the base lodge, showing the intermediate trail on the right and the expert on the left.
Photo courtesy of Andy Dufresne
T-bar still standing, November 2002. Photo from Betsy McDonough.

An aerial view of the area. Notice at least most of the trails are still visible.

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