The Ski Area at The Brickyard

Posted by: barsntone (---.nat.trb.com)

Date: March 13, 2012 04:28PM

Anyone see this in the Trib the other day about the long forgotten Ski area at the ole Brickyard?

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-11/site/ct-per-flash-readersremember-0311-20120311_1_ski-circus-parades-reader-response

Anyone have pics?

Re: The Ski Area at The Brickyard

Posted by: rjmachon (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)

Date: March 13, 2012 04:40PM

I rode my dirt bike down to the bottom of this quarry back in the day when it was a ski area. Around 1976. I never went skiing there because the 2 winters before they closed were too warm and no snow for skiing.

Here is more info on Thunder Mountain on this website:

Thunder Mountain in Chicago
Posted by: Scottnchgo (---.coxfiber.net)
Date: January 21, 2009 09:35AM

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/13/2012 06:07PM by rjmachon.