TAMWORTH — Page Hill Ski Slope in Tamworth and Burnt Meadow Ski Area may be areas listed on Jeremy Davis’ New England Lost Ski Areas Project website, but they are seeing a comeback this season, thanks to cooperative efforts by landowners and the Granite Backcountry Alliance.
Davis’ website says Page Hill ran as early as 1929 and closed in the late 1960s.
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