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Blue Hills has eight trails covering a vertical drop of 309 feet (94 m). The summit is served by a double chairlift, while the beginner area has three magic carpet lifts.
The hill is popular with high school ski teams, and often hosts races on Big Blue.
The ski area was founded in 1949 after the Metropolitan District Commission received US$65,000 to develop a ski area on Great Blue Hill.[1] The area officially opened in 1950.[1]
In the early 1960s the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC, now the DCR) operated the ski area. There were only two lifts, both rope tows, one on the main slope and one on the "bunny" slope. During that time the lift tickets cost fifty cents a day. In approximately 1965, the area was leased to an outside company called Larchmont Engineering who constructed a chair lift and installed snow-making equipment on the main slope and the bunny slope. Larchmont was an early innovator in the snow-making business and experimented with various hose and gun/nozzle designs on the mountain.
In February 1969, the area was hit with three 2+ foot snow storms, each a week apart. The snow was so deep that skiing down the "face" of Big Blue (the side facing Massachusetts Route 128) was possible.
There are 8 trails: 1 beginner, 2 intermediate and 5 expert.[citation needed]
While the lift line ("Beer's Bluff" named for two brothers, Stuart and Stanley Beers, who managed the ski area from the late 1960s through the mid 1980s) is listed on the trail map, it is currently not maintained for skiing.
Referencesedit
^ ab"Blue Hills Ski Area History - Massachusetts - NewEnglandSkiHistory.com". www.newenglandskihistory.com.
External linksedit
Blue Hills Ski Area Official site
Blue Hills Reservation Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
January 01, 1970
blue, hills, area, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, relies, largely, entirely, single, source, relevant, discussion, found, talk, page, pl. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources Blue Hills Ski Area news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2021 This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view May 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Blue Hills Ski Area is located on the western face of Great Blue Hill in Canton Massachusetts This land is part of the Blue Hills Reservation a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Blue HillsLocationCanton MANearest major cityBostonCoordinates42 12 55 N 71 07 09 W 42 21528 N 71 11917 W 42 21528 71 11917Vertical309 feet 94 m Skiable area60 acres 240 000 m2 Trails8Longest runSonyaWebsiteBlue Hills Ski Area Blue Hills has eight trails covering a vertical drop of 309 feet 94 m The summit is served by a double chairlift while the beginner area has three magic carpet lifts The hill is popular with high school ski teams and often hosts races on Big Blue Contents 1 History 2 Operations 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe ski area was founded in 1949 after the Metropolitan District Commission received US 65 000 to develop a ski area on Great Blue Hill 1 The area officially opened in 1950 1 In the early 1960s the Metropolitan District Commission MDC now the DCR operated the ski area There were only two lifts both rope tows one on the main slope and one on the bunny slope During that time the lift tickets cost fifty cents a day In approximately 1965 the area was leased to an outside company called Larchmont Engineering who constructed a chair lift and installed snow making equipment on the main slope and the bunny slope Larchmont was an early innovator in the snow making business and experimented with various hose and gun nozzle designs on the mountain In February 1969 the area was hit with three 2 foot snow storms each a week apart The snow was so deep that skiing down the face of Big Blue the side facing Massachusetts Route 128 was possible The 2006 07 season was the 6th year of a 6 year lease to the owners and operators of Ragged Mountain Resort in New Hampshire In 2007 the management of Campgaw Mountain located in northern New Jersey started a 5 year lease citation needed Operations editThere are 8 trails 1 beginner 2 intermediate and 5 expert citation needed While the lift line Beer s Bluff named for two brothers Stuart and Stanley Beers who managed the ski area from the late 1960s through the mid 1980s is listed on the trail map it is currently not maintained for skiing References edit a b Blue Hills Ski Area History Massachusetts NewEnglandSkiHistory com www newenglandskihistory com External links editBlue Hills Ski Area Official site Blue Hills Reservation Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blue Hills Ski Area amp oldid 1217446715, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
