By Topic Alpine CCC Ski Trails Biographies Cancelled Ski Areas Ski Area Expansions Ski Area Management Timelines Vintage Ski Area Ads SkiBerkshireEast.com By State Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont In The Press Links Site Map What's New Feedback Thunderbolt Ski Area Adams, Massachusetts Go to Thunderbolt Ski Area: Expansion History | CCC Ski Trails The Thunderbolt Ski Area slopes in the late 1950s Thunderbolt Ski Area Details Status: Lost/Defunct First Year of Operation: 1958 Last Year of Operation: 1960s? Vertical Drop: 200 feet Lifts in Operation: 0 Lifts Removed/Non Operational: Surface lift Located near the end of the Bellows Pipe Ski Trail, the Thunderbolt Ski Area opened in 1958. While plans were drawn up to expand the small ski area into the region's largest, none progressed to construction stages. The land from the ski area was later acquired in future cancelled ski area developments, such as Saddle Ball Ski Area and Greylock Glen Ski Area. Thunderbolt Ski Area Resources on NewEnglandSkiHistory.com: Thunderbolt Ski Area Expansion History Mt. Greylock Alpine CCC Ski Trails Greylock Glen Ski Area - New England's Cancelled Ski Areas Mt. Greylock Ski Area - New England's Cancelled Ski Areas Saddle Ball Ski Area - New England's Cancelled Ski Areas Last updated: August 26, 2010 TaxpayersForCannon.com - Cannon Mountain news, analysis, source documents, and more Copyright 2002-2012, All Rights Reserved www.NewEnglandSkiHistory.com