Sterling Forest Ski Center
Tuxedo, New York1962-2015
Order Sterling Forest tees, long sleeve tees, hoodies and crewnecks. The collection has two designs, a skiing tiger patch and a penguin pin, from the Tuxedo, New York hill on a slope locally called Tiger Mountain. It ran four double chairs and seven trails next to Sterling Forest Gardens, a floral showplace, and drew skiers from New York City. Browse the styles below, and the full Sterling Forest history is further down. Every shirt is printed to order in the USA and carries the memories of bygone places and teams.
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Sterling Forest Ski Center History
Sterling Forest Ski Center in Tuxedo, New York, began in 1962 as Sterling Forest Ski Area, on a slope locally called Tiger Mountain, within an hour or so of New York City. It sat beside Sterling Forest Gardens, a floral showplace that opened in 1957 on a swampy part of the Tuxedo tract and ran until the late 1970s. The Tuxedo Historical Society says the ski center followed the gardens by a few years.
The area kept the Sterling Forest name for several decades and drew city skiers. Wikipedia lists four double chairs and seven trails, with a vertical drop of roughly 400 feet, and sources give 400 to 450 feet. It had a lodge, rental and ski shops, a ski school, night skiing, a NASTAR course and later a tubing park. Its woven patch showed a cartoon tiger on skis.
The area shut during the 2005-06 season, and a developer reopened it in January 2007 as Tuxedo Ridge, with a refurbished lodge. It was refurbished with hopes of becoming a year-round venue, with paintball, concerts and races. NYSkiBlog says it has not opened since the end of the 2014-2015 season. The slopes now see festivals and races in summer, and the ground is next to the state park that carries the same name.