Lost Ski Areas of Northern California

Northern California has a rich ski history. From Snowshoe Thompson's mail runs over the Sierra to Genoa, Nev., through the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and up to the present, the citizens of the north state have had a wide variety of ski areas to choose from and each of them has their own stories to tell.   If you have any information or corrections please e-mail me.

Most of the areas didn't make it, either due to financial problems, poor location, poor terrain or snow droughts. It is these areas that we pay tribute to here. I would like to thank Jack Leeper of Hyak Ski and Snowboard for giving me a list of California ski areas circa. the 1950's.  The following are areas that either I have skied at or that have been made known to me by others:

Ski areas that have been incorporated into other larger ski areas: Tahoe Ski Bowl Papoose

Bijou Park Skiway Echo Summit Edelweiss/Camp Sacramento Iron Mountain/Silver Basin/Ski Sundown Lassen Park Ski Area Long Barn Mt. Shasta/Panther Meadows Peddler Hill Pla-Vada Portola/Johnsville Ski Area Powder Bowl/Deer Park Rainbow Lodge Ski Area Snowflower Ski Area Snowman's Hill Truckee/Hill Top Lodge Ski Area Wolverton Ski Bowl

For a list of other possible lost ski areas, click here.

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