Jug End Barn
A resort ski area in South Egremont, Massachusetts that operated from the late 1930s until about 1980.
- Region
- Massachusetts
- Country
- USA
- Status
- closed
- Year opened
- late 1930s
- Year closed
- 1980
- Reason for closure
- Not documented in accessible sources; NELSAP records only that it likely closed around 1980.
History
Jug End Barn stood at South Egremont in the extreme south-west of Massachusetts, in the southern Berkshires, and it began as something else entirely: the building was put up in 1928 as a deluxe cattle barn, and became a hotel in 1935 under the Guilder Hollow Club, which ran it for winter sports. Local residents took the place over in 1947 and expanded it, adding two rope tows shortly afterwards and eventually a 1,500 ft Mueller T-bar in the early 1960s, with further rope tows of 400, 300 and 1,000 ft in place by 1963 and snowmaking by 1964. Six trails were cut on a 350 ft vertical drop, graded from novice to expert and totalling roughly 6,100 ft, though their names are not recorded. It is thought to have closed around 1980; no reason survives in the record. The hotel site is now completely changed - most structures have been demolished or have decayed, the swimming pool has been filled in, and the most conspicuous survivor as of 2002 was the circular foundation of the old silo, the last trace of the cattle barn the whole thing started as.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rope tows | Surface lift | Two rope tows installed shortly after 1947 | |
| T-Bar | T-Bar | Mueller | 1,500 ft long, installed in the early 1960s |
| Additional rope tows | Surface lift | Ranging from 200 to 1,000 ft; in place by 1963 |
Sources and further reading
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Location
42.1630, -73.4270