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Fifty-six winters on a small-town ski hill · 1938–1994

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Dates to Remember

Seven dates that the hill's people still mark, from opening day in 1938 to Reunion Night. Each anniversary is a reason to bring the collection back out.

Events

  • Illustrated date card: a calendar leaf reading December 18, 1938, beside the title Opening day of the rope tow and a small skier.

    Opening day of the rope tow

    Event · December 18, 1938

    The Harlow Ski Club ran its rope tow for the first time on Sunday, December 18, 1938: 1,100 feet of manila rope driven by the engine of a Model A Ford. About sixty people came up the logging road, and the tow stopped twice to thaw the carburetor.
  • Illustrated date card: a calendar leaf reading January 7–14, 1949, beside the title The Big Snow of January 1949 and snowflakes.

    The Big Snow of January 1949

    Event · 1949-01-07/1949-01-14

    Nine feet of snow fell in a week, closing the road to Harlow. The ski club ran the rope tow every day of the storm for skiers who arrived on the lumber company's train, and the warming hut stayed open around the clock.
  • Illustrated date card: a calendar leaf reading February 15, 1958, beside the title First Tincup Cup race and three slalom flags.

    First Tincup Cup race

    Event · February 15, 1958

    The first Tincup Cup slalom was set on Big Dipper. The race ran every winter until 1992, thirty-five times in all, and drew racers from three states.
  • Illustrated date card: a calendar leaf reading December 14, 1963, beside the title Dedication of the Silver Spoon chair and a chairlift with two riders.

    Dedication of the Silver Spoon chair

    Event · December 14, 1963

    The Silver Spoon double chair opened with a ribbon on the loading ramp and the high school band playing in the snow. It took skiers 3,400 feet to the top of Tincup Peak in nine minutes, and it ran until the last day in 1994.
  • Illustrated date card: a calendar leaf reading December 26, 1969, beside the title First night of night skiing, a crescent moon and stars.

    First night of night skiing

    Event · December 26, 1969

    Forty lamps on Lindqvist Run and Spoonful were lit for the first time the day after Christmas 1969. Night skiing ran four nights a week until the ski area closed.
  • Illustrated date card: a calendar leaf reading March 27, 1994, beside the title Last day of skiing at Tincup Mountain and an empty chairlift chair.

    Last day of skiing at Tincup Mountain

    Event · March 27, 1994

    The lifts stopped at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, 1994, after fifty-six seasons. Ray Albright rode the last chair down the Silver Spoon, and season pass holders gathered at the lodge for a farewell party.
  • Illustrated date card: a calendar leaf reading March 23, 2019, beside the title Reunion Night, twenty-five years since the last chair, and a lodge with lit windows.

    Reunion Night: twenty-five years since the last chair

    Event · March 23, 2019

    Lena Ruiz started Reunion Night in 2004 for former staff and skiers. The twenty-fifth-anniversary reunion filled the Harlow Grange Hall, and the oral history project recorded interviews there. Reunion Night is held each March on the Saturday nearest the anniversary of the last day.

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Reunion Night is held each March, on the Saturday nearest the anniversary of the last day of skiing. Former staff, racers and ski school students bring their old passes, patches and stories.

From the archive

  • Reunion Night and the last chair

    October 8, 2026

    Every March, the people of Tincup Mountain gather on the Saturday nearest the anniversary of the last day of skiing. Here is how it started.

    Collection notes

  • New to the collection: Arne Lindqvist's 1946 trail map

    October 1, 2026

    The oldest map of Tincup Mountain, surveyed and drawn by the founder of the Harlow Ski Club, shows three trails, one rope tow and a long walk to the top.

    Collection notes

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