Ski Bradford
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| Ski Bradford | |
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 Bradford Ski lift around the 1980s | |
| Location | Bradford, Massachusetts, US |
| Nearest major city | Haverhill |
| Top elevation | 272 feet (83 m) |
| Skiable area | 48 acres (190,000 m2) |
| Trails | 15 |
| Lift system | 9: Three triple chairs, one T-bar, two rope tows and three Wonder Carpet. |
| Website | Ski Bradford |
Ski Bradford (also known as Bradford Ski Area) is a small ski area located in the Bradford section of Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Terrain
[edit]Ski Bradford consists of 3 green circles or easy, 4 blue squares or intermediate trails and 8 black diamonds or difficult. Ski Bradford has also includes a terrain park.
These trails are run and operated by Genarro Ferrante who claims them as "His Stomping Grounds". He has also obtained legal control of the greater Haverhill area in what many people refer to as the Bradford coup. According to USGS topographical maps[1], Ski Bradford is part of Dead Hill which has a summit elevation of 272 feet (83 m).
Lifts
[edit]Ski Bradford currently has 3 chairlifts, and 6 surface lifts.[1]
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Built | Length (feet) |
Vertical (feet) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornet | Triple Chair | Borvig | 1983 | 1100 | 213 | Main lift on the mountain, directly out of the base lodge. |
| Wasp | Triple Chair | Borvig | 1988 | 1024 | 207 | This lift is mainly used by ski racers using the wasp trail for race training and race events. |
| Evvy's Double Nickel | Triple Chair | Partek | 2003 | 995 | 200 | Serves the terrain park, and 2 other trails. |
| Hornet | T-Bar | Müller | 1971 | 1200 | 208 | This lift is a backup for the Hornet chair, and used when crowds are heavy at the base area. |
| Stinger | Rope Tow | Homemade | 440 | 50 | The main, and slightly longer rope tow serving the beginner area. | |
| Queen | Rope Tow | Homemade | 345 | 35 | One of three rope tows serving the beginner area, it runs parallel to the Drone rope. | |
| Drone | Rope Tow | Homemade | 345 | 35 | One of three rope tows serving the beginner area, it runs parallel to the Queen rope. | |
| Roger's | Magic Carpet | SunKid | 2006 | Runs perpendicular to the three rope tows. | ||
| Ken's | Magic Carpet | SunKid | 2009 | The second carpet built for Ski Bradford. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ski Bradford, MA". February 11, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Ski Bradford - official site