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Squaw Mountain
Greenville, ME, Maine
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Squaw Mountain: Upper Mountain
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| Upper Mountain - 1967 - Abandoned |
The Thompson Double |
After operating as a 600 vertical foot surface lift facility for four seasons, it was decided that Squaw Mountain should be expanded into a major area.
In 1967 a new Stadeli 5,918 foot long double chairlift was installed, climbing 1,440 vertical feet. The addition of the new lift resulted in an increase in the resort's advertised vertical drop up to 1,700 feet. The new lift would initially serve 41 acres of new trails.
One of the trails served by the double chair, the Penobscot Trail, was considered by Sel Hannah to be the most scenic he had ever designed.
In hard times in the early 1990s, the upper mountain likely did not operate for the 1992-93 season.
The double chairlift would eventually be named the Thompson Double Chair. On March 7, 2004, a chair grip on the Thompson Double Chair failed, resulting slide back, collision, and drop, causing four injuries.
Initially slated for replacement, the Thompson Double Chair would never be repaired and thus the upper mountain would remain closed in subsequent seasons.
The upper mountain area on the 1975 Big Squaw trail map
The abandoned upper mountain area on the 2004-2005 Big Squaw trail map
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Squaw Mountain - NewEnglandSkiHistory.com
Big Squaw, Greenville, Maine - New England Lost Ski Areas Project
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Last updated: February 25, 2011
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