Hilltop Ski Area
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Facilities
Hilltop has a triple
Programs
Hilltop offers a ski school with group and private lessons in skiing and
History
The nonprofit corporation Hilltop Youth, Inc. was established in Anchorage in the 1950s with a focus on providing recreational and educational opportunities for Anchorage-area youth. In 1962, Hilltop Youth installed a rope tow powered by a surplus military troop carrier motor in a gravel pit west of what is now known as Old Seward Highway. The rope tow was moved in 1967 to a new location near the intersection of the newly constructed roads Abbott Road and Hillside Drive. In the early 1980s a 10-meter jump for novices designed by Karl Eid was also built on this site. This site, the original Hilltop Ski area, was in operation from 1967 to 1983, when the Hilltop Ski area was moved to its current location about half a mile north of the original site.[5] Since its establishment in its current location in 1984, Hilltop Ski Area has been operated by Youth Exploring Adventure, Inc.[6]
In the early 1980s, operators of the "old" Hilltop replaced the rope tow engine, rope, and motor shack through a grant from the State of Alaska. The current Hilltop Ski Area still uses this equipment on its beginners' slope.[5]
References
- ^ Corporations Database. Youth Exploring Adventure, Inc.[permanent dead link]. Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
- ^ a b Hilltop Ski Area. (2003). "About Us." Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
- ^ Hilltop Ski Area. (2003). "Learn to Ski." Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
- ^ Hilltop Ski Area. (2003). "Ski and Snowboard Camps." Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
- ^ a b Alaska Lost Ski Areas Project. (ca. 2005). "Hilltop (Old) Ski Area: 1967 to 1983." Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
- ^ Anchorage Assembly. (2000-02-01). "Minutes for Regular Meeting of February 1, 2000 continued to February 8, 2000" Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, p. 13. Anchorage, AK: Municipality of Anchorage. Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
External links
- Hilltop Ski Area (official site)
- Alaska Lost Ski Areas Project (ALSAP). Historical website which documents lost downhill, cross country and jump ski sites in Alaska.