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Michigan Ski Resort Abandoned for 20 Years Finally Gets Torn Down

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Sugar Loaf Ski Resort, located in Leelanau County, Michigan, was recently demolished. The vacant resort had been abandoned for 20 years before being torn down on Wednesday. The once-booming Sugar Loaf Ski Resort originally opened in 1947. Sugar Loaf Ski Resort was home to a ski school, golf course, recreational room, lodge, and hotel. The resort attracted 3,000 to 4,000 […]

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Avatar photo Breya Bergom | November 7, 2021
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New York’s Abandoned Ski Resort

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In 2009, The Nevele Grande Hotel closed its doors for good. This extravagant resort that was located in Wawarsing, New York, reigned for 108 years before closing its hotel, ski hill, and golf course. Opening in 1901, “Nevele” is “Eleven” spelt backwards. This is credited to the eleven 19 century school teachers who discovered a waterfall within the property. Additionally, […]

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Avatar photo Breya Bergom | October 12, 2021
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Cuchara Mountain Park, CO: The Reopening of this Hidden Gem

Cuchara Mountain is nestled away in the beautiful Sangre de Cristo range of Southern Colorado, just 25 miles north of the border of New Mexico. Cuchara Mountain Resort first opened for the 1981/1982 ski season as Pandero Resort with five lifts and snowmaking. The resort operated on and off for the next twenty years under several different ownerships. In 2000, […]

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Dominic Gawel | December 7, 2020
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Unknown Driver Has Abandoned Jeep Perched Precariously on Ridge in California

An adventurous off-road Jeep owner learned the hard way that their vehicle cannot in fact ‘go anywhere’. Related: Is Your Car Abandoned in the Arctic? This Jeep was found precariously balanced and abandoned on the West Ridge Trail just outside Loma Linda, CA. With a steep, rocky drop-off on both sides of the ridge, on what looks like a single-track […]

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SnowBrains | September 23, 2020
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Is Your Car Abandoned in the Arctic?

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A Peugeot 206 has been abandoned in the Arctic Circle thousands of miles from where it was originally sold. The car was originally sold in Norfolk, England, but that is one of the only things known about the vehicle. The Peugeot was abandoned approximately 2,109 miles (3,394 km) from Norfolk in Finnvikdalen, Norway. Related: Norway’s Glacier Resorts Normally Open to […]

Alex Camerino | July 15, 2020
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VIDEO: Exploring Abandoned Nevele Grande Ski Resort, NY

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SnowBrains | June 12, 2020
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Breathing Life Back Into An Abandoned Colorado Ski Resort

Abandoned ski resort in Colorado gets a second chance.

Huerfano Country, Colorado, is trying desperately to bring Cuchara Mountain Park back to life. Originally opened as Panadero Resort in 1981, the Cuchara Mountain Resort was shut down in 1999 due to a lack of funding after poor snow conditions and not enough visitors. The resort originally had 5 lifts servicing roughly 30 runs with snowmaking all across the mountain. After […]

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Lucy Ferneyhough | December 6, 2019
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Andrzej Bargiel Abandons Attempt to Ski Down Everest Due to Unsafe Apartment-Sized Hanging Ice Block

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A hanging chunk of ice the size of an apartment block has forced Polish daredevil Andrzej Bargiel to abandon his bid to ski down Mount Everest, he announced on his Facebook on Monday. The 31-year-old, who last year skied down K2, was making a rare attempt to summit the world’s tallest mountain and then ski down without supplemental oxygen. But a […]

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CragBrains | October 1, 2019
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