Easton Valley Ski Area
Easton, New York
Order Easton Valley Ski Area tees, long sleeve tees, hoodies and crewnecks. Its double chairlift climbed roughly 400 to 450 feet of vertical in about 1,300 to 1,500 feet, and most of the trails dropped straight off the summit. The painted trail map shows a steep-roofed lodge with a big chimney, a swimming pool and a pond out front. Pick a style below, then read the full Easton Valley history further down. Down Home Apparel is an American small business remembering the best places and teams of yesteryear, and every shirt is printed to order in the USA.
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Easton Valley Ski Area History
Easton Valley Ski Area in Easton, New York, ran on the hill directly east of Willard Mountain in Washington County, off Herrington Hill Road. It operated in the 1960s and into the 1970s. The New England Lost Ski Areas Project describes it as a private ski club, which is why it left so little trace in the guidebooks of the period.
The main hill was short and very steep. A double chairlift about 1,300 to 1,500 feet long climbed roughly 400 to 450 feet of vertical, and most of the trails dropped straight off the summit, with a few easier routes winding down on gentler ground. A separate novice slope near the lodge had its own surface lift. A painted trail map from the area shows the chairlift rising behind a steep-roofed lodge with a big chimney, a swimming pool beside it, a motel and a restaurant along the access road, a pond out front and a novice trail running through rows of bare trees.
The area closed sometime in the 1970s. The double chair was taken down and may have gone to Willard Mountain next door. In 2001 the property became Easton Mountain, a retreat center, which renovated the old base lodge into its restaurant and activity hall. On a 2006 visit the trails had mostly grown in, the lift foundations were still in the woods, and the ski patrol cabin at the summit was falling apart.