Huff Hills

Last updated April 07, 2019

Huff Hills Ski Area is a ski resort located sixteen miles south of Mandan, North Dakota. It was established in 1993^[1] on the former site of the defunct Twilight Hills ski area, which operated during the 1960s.

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes and a ski lift system. In North America, it is more common for ski areas to exist well away from towns, so ski resorts usually are destination resorts, often purpose-built and self-contained, where skiing is the main activity.

Mandan is a city on the eastern border of Morton County and is the seventh-largest city in North Dakota. Founded in 1879 on the west side of the upper Missouri River, it was designated in 1881 as the county seat of Morton County. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the 2017 population at 22,228. Located across the Missouri River from the state capital of Bismarck, Mandan is a core city of the Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Statistical Area.

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States. It is the nineteenth largest in area, the fourth smallest by population, and the fourth most sparsely populated of the 50 states. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, along with its neighboring state, South Dakota. Its capital is Bismarck, and its largest city is Fargo.

Description

21 runs
425 ft. vertical
3 lifts - 2 double chairlifts, handle tow
Snowmaking
Ski and snowboard ready and

Lifts

Huff Hills began operation with a chairlift acquired from Buffalo, New York's Holimont ski resort and a t-bar lift.^[2] Two years later, the resort purchased a Hall 1405 chairlift that had been the first chair used at Brian Head Ski Resort in southwestern Utah.^[1]

Chairlift type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel cable loop carrying a series of chairs

An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel cable loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs. They are the primary onhill transport at most ski areas, but are also found at amusement parks, various tourist attractions, and increasingly in urban transport.

Buffalo is the second largest city in the U.S. state of New York and the largest city in Western New York. As of July 2016, the population was 256,902. The city is the county seat of Erie County and a major gateway for commerce and travel across the Canada–United States border, forming part of the bi-national Buffalo Niagara Region.

Brian Head Ski Resort is a ski destination for Southern Utah and the southern California, Arizona, and Las Vegas areas. It is located 3.5 hours north of Las Vegas and four hours south of Salt Lake City. The resort is Utah's southernmost as well as its highest elevation ski resort. Brian Head Resort was established in 1964, and once operated as a one chairlift resort. Currently, the resort has 8 chairlifts, 71 runs, and over 650 skiable acres. It also features a bridge between its two skiable mountains.

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References

1 2 "Huff Hills Ski Area, North Dakota - Family Vacation Planning And Resort Information". www.skitown.com. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
↑ "Huff Hills : History". www.huffhills.com. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

External links

Huff Hills website

Coordinates: 46°37′37″N100°43′24″W / 46.62694°N 100.72333°W / 46.62694; -100.72333

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[skitown-1] 1 2 "Huff Hills Ski Area, North Dakota - Family Vacation Planning And Resort Information". www.skitown.com. Retrieved 2009-02-28.

[2] "Huff Hills : History". www.huffhills.com. Retrieved 2009-02-28.