I don’t think I ever paid over $100 on any given year for a pass. From then on I spent my Summers mowing lawns and doing odd jobs to buy my annual season pass and what ever equipment I needed. I was in the third grade when I took up skiing at Carousel Mountain.
Karen Vocke visited the site of Carousel Mountain this year and sent us this photo of the foundations of one of the buildings. Perhaps the area was sold for real estate development? He loved to ski and served as director of the National Ski Patrol at Carousel Mountain, the former ski resort located near what is now Scenic Shores near Lake Michigan on Holland’s south side. The Hope College Public Relations site lists an obituary for Vern Schippers, class of ’51 containing the following: 10, 1970 edition of The Cass City Chronicle says Carousel Mountain had 9 slopes, a chair lift, T-bar and J-bar, and several rope tows. The 1971 AAA Michigan Winter Sports Fun List published in the Dec. There are no overnight accommodations, but the dining room holds 150, the cafeteria 200, and there is parking for 3,000 cars. Night skiing is available, and all 40 acres are covered by snow-making machinery. Sports Illustrated, in their 1963 midwest ski areas update noted:Ĭarousel Mountain, Holland: This new $1 million development has a chair lift, T bar and J bar servicing 10 runs that criss cross downhill.
