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Pan Alaska Ski Hill

1970's
Name of Ski Area: Pan Alaska Ski Hill
Location: On Unalaska Island, southwest of Dutch Harbor/ Unalaska at the base of Pyramid Mountain.
Type of Area: Ski Hill
Dates of Operation: 1970's
Who Built It?: Pan Alaska Fisheries
Base/Top/ Vertical Drop:

Base: ~????' / Top: ~????' / Vert: ~???' (still researching)

Lifts: Rope Tow
Facilities:
Miscellaneous: The cannery superintendent was an avid skier.  This ski hill was a local recreation site paid for by the cannery.
Sources of Information:

Jim Dickson

Photos: Does anyone have old pictures of skiing at the Pan Alaska Ski Hill (or current pictures of the vicinity) that they would like to contribute to ALSAP ?

~  PHOTOS  ~

The following pictures were taken by Jim Dickson.  Jim is a skier that lives in Dutch Harbor/ Unalaska.  And Jim is also an excellent photographer who has a web page of amazing shots of the wild and beautiful skiing that can be found on the mountainous Unalaska Island.  Click here to see Jim's "Ski Unalaska" pictures.

 Jim took this picture from the top of the ridge above the Ski Bowl (2/16/04).  Pyramid Peak can be seen on the left, and its north slopes leading down toward Captains Bay.  The Pan Alaska Ski Hill was near the base of this peak.  Makushin Volcano can be seen in the distance on the right side of this picture.

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 Jim took this picture of the Pan Alaska Ski Hill site in early November 2004.  The former location of the rope tow is indicated by the red line.

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~  MAPS  ~

This map shows the location of Dutch Harbor / Unalaska on Unalaska Island (an island which is one of the Fox Islands and part of the Aleutian Islands.

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This topo map will be updated with the location of the Pan Alaska Ski Hill.  The exact location of the Pan Alaska Ski Hill is still being researched.

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This topo map will be updated with the location of the Pan Alaska Ski Hill.  The exact location of the Pan Alaska Ski Hill is still being researched.

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Link to Dutch Harbor / Unalaska's Other Lost Ski Area:

Ski Bowl

 
Research Correspondence 

[Jim Dickson - November 04, 2004 email excerpt] 

A second ski hill that is lost around here is the Pyramid Ski area; which was a rope tow built by Pan Alaska Fisheries in the early 1970's. The cannery superintendent was a avid skier, the hill was a local recreation site paid for by the cannery.

 

 

Do you have further information, stories or pictures that you would like to contribute about this ski area?