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Mt. Uncanoonuc
Goffstown, New Hampshire
Partially constructed in the 1960s
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 Planned and partially constructed, the Mt. Uncanoonuc Ski Area would have been located on the western slope of the north peak of Uncanoonuc Mountain.
On December 19, 1962, the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development Advisory Commission approved the $500,000 plan for a ski area on North Uncanoonuc Mountain. On January 1, 1963, the North Mount Uncanoonuc Corporation was registered in the State of New Hampshire.
Trails were cleared, a brand new 1963 Mueller double chairlift was delivered, and apparently snowmaking equipment was also purchased. An access road may have also been built.
Though Uncanoonuc Mountain previously had a well-storied ski area on its south peak, the town of Goffstown apparently prevented this new development from opening for environmental reasons. The North Mount Uncanoonuc Corporation was dissolved on July 3, 1967.
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The ski trails cut for this development are still somewhat visible in recent aerial imagery. It is not known where the double chairlift is today.
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The panel, which advises the state government on recreation matters, did give approval, however, to proposals to develop a $500,000 ski area in the Uncanoonuc mountains near Goffstown, six miles west of Manchester.
The plans call for one or more cable lifts or possibly an aerial life [sic] to the summit of the 1,300-foot high twin mountain peaks.
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Nashua Telegraph, December 20, 1962
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Mt. Uncanoonuc: Mueller Double Chairlift, 2000' long, 500' vertical, 1000 per hour capacity.
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1963 Lift Installation Survey - Ski Area Management
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1953 USGS Topographical Map
1985 USGS Topographical Map
1998 USGS Aerial Photo
Possibly the access road - a vacant, dead end road, paved two lanes wide near the foot of North Uncanoonuc Mountain (2011)
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"1963 Lift Installation Survey." Ski Area Management. 1963. http://www.skilifts.org/install_na1963.htm.
North Uncanoonuc Mountain - FranklinSites.com Hiking Guide
"State Funs for Manchester Ski Area Vetoed by Advisors" Nashua Telegraph. 20 Dec. 1962.
Uncanoonuc Mountain - New England Lost Ski Areas Project - information about the lost ski area on the south peak
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Last updated: March 19, 2012
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