old ski resort? true or false

[veggieslinger]

over the years ihave heard bits and pieces about an old abandoned ski resort in the mt benson area. is this true?

[dpill]

old ski HILL
theres not much to see. I heard they have a wind energy experiment on the mountain now.

[veggieslinger]

hmm. i had heard that there was still remains of buildings and such.

[Nostradama]

over the years ihave heard bits and pieces about an old abandoned ski resort in the mt benson area. is this true?

Displaying my total ignorance, because I haven't been in the bush around Nanaimo since about 1982 (boy oh boy, do I miss fly fishing, but try being a single woman trying to "borrow" the fly-fishing husband of a woman who can't stand it herself and won't go fishing with him--impossible, or at least I've never found one, and I've really tried), but I admit that mountains don't move, so that's even more ignorant: is this abandoned ski resort anywhere near Green Mountain? At the beginning of the seventies, maybe earlier, a group of local doctors were developing a ski hill on Green Mountain. Might have crashed and burned when one of the guys installing a lift had a major cable let go, hitting him in the head; killing him, I believe. That might be the site of an abandoned ski hill, because after that I didn't hear any more about it.

[veggieslinger]

im not sure to be honest. i myself am not to familiar with the local mountain ranges. would green mountain be considered local?

[sheena]

My husband talks about skiing at Green mountain when he was young. I found some info - http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h...26tbs%3Disch:1 Scroll down about for Green mountain information. This as well http://islandadventurer.ca/blog/2009...reen-mountain/

[Flugel Horn]

Green Mountain was considered the Nanaimo ski area, in the 1970's. There was even a highway exit-sign at the Nanaimo Lakes Rd. exit from the highway (near Bungy Zone today) that said "Green Mountain Ski Area".

[veggieslinger]

neato! so it did exist! would love to see pics of the old lodge(or whats left of it).

[tailtwister]

That'd be cool. Is it still possible to drive up there? I see on Google earth that there APPEARS to be something up there... Is this anywhere near where the ski area was?

49 deg 3'12.44"N 124 deg 20'36.85"W

[Flugel Horn]

There is a bit of info on Green Mtn. in some hiking websites:

- the final-post in this item
http://www.clubtread.com/sforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=704


http://islandadventurer.ca/blog/2010...-day/#comments


http://www.nanaimoinformation.com/fo...i-Hill&p=54080


http://pureoutside.com/blog/2008/12/...reen-mountain/


- this one has a map.
http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=676372


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....rumour has it that Les Paul used to visit Green Mountain and has hidden a stash of guitars up there. But that's just a rumour.