Maple Valley Ski Area
A southern Vermont ski area near Brattleboro that operated from 1963 to 2000 and whose lifts were left standing for years afterwards.
- Region
- Vermont
- Country
- USA
- Status
- closed
- Year opened
- 1963
- Year closed
- 2000
- Reason for closure
- Not documented in accessible sources; the area simply did not reopen after the 1999-2000 season.
History
Maple Valley opened in 1963 in Dummerston, Vermont, six miles north-west of Brattleboro on Route 30. It was started, designed and opened by Terry Tyler, who had already run two smaller ski areas in the region. Two Hall double chairs went in for 1963 and 1964, the North and South Doubles, with a Hall T-bar serving the lower terrain and, late in its life, a wire handle tow added for snow tubing; the main lodge was extended in the same period. The area had snowmaking and night skiing on many of its slopes, and by its final season in 2000 it offered 19 trails on four lifts, with an advertised vertical drop given variously as between 841 and 1,017 feet depending on the source and the year. It did not reopen after the 1999-2000 season and no reason is recorded. As of 2007 all four lifts were still standing and the property was on the market. Individual trail names are not documented in accessible sources.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Double Chair | Chairlift - Double - Fixed | Hall | Installed 1963; 3,038 ft long with 821 ft rise |
| South Double Chair | Chairlift - Double - Fixed | Hall | Installed 1964; 2,743 ft long with 564 ft rise |
| T-Bar | T-Bar | Hall | 775 ft long with 148 ft rise |
| Wire handle tow | Surface lift | Added later to serve snow tubing |
Sources and further reading
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Location
42.9480, -72.6550