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Country
Lanes Estates Ski Hill ~1989 |
| Name of Ski
Area: |
Country
Lanes Estates Ski Hill, Common Area Hill |
| Location: |
Anchorage,
south of Raspberry Road near the Kincaid Park entrance, west of
Serenity Circle in the common area of the Country Lanes Estates
subdivision. |
| Type of Area: |
Ski
Hill |
| Dates of
Operation: |
Planned
but never completed. |
| Who Built It?: |
The
ski hill was built by the developers of the Country Lanes Estate
subdivision. |
| Base/
Vertical Drop: |
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| Lifts: |
Rope
tow planned, but never installed.
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| Facilities: |
None |
| History: |
Originally in the common area
of this subdivision a private (for subdivision home owners) ski
hill with rope tow was planned. The ski hill was cleared and
graded, but due to cost and liability issues the rope tow was
never installed. The hill was used for many years as a
sledding hill. But now it is mostly overgrown with alders.
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| Sources of
Information: |
Tim
Kelley
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MAPS ~ |
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This
large scale aerial view shows the location of the Country Lanes Estates
Ski Hill in west Anchorage (close to the east boundary of Kincaid Park). (click
on this view to expand it) |
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Zooming
in on this 2002 aerial view shows the once cleared ski hill location.
The ski hill is now mostly overgrown.
(click
on this view to expand it) |
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