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A Bad Weekend for Midwestern Resorts

By Rocky Thompson on January 17th, 2011

Alpine Valley in Wisconsin had to evacuate 84 skiers from a chairlift that broke down and couldn’t be restated. It took several hours, but the weather was a balmy 29F, so Wisconsinites weren’t complaining too much.

Big Powderhorn Mountain in Upper Michigan had an even worse weekend, with their iconic lodge catching fire. The nearest fire hydrant was a mile away making it difficult for fire crews to fight the blaze. “It was hot.  I parked the engine a thousand feet away. I thought it was going to melt the paint on the truck,” said Josh Ludtke, a firefighter for the Ironwood Township Fire Department.

The lodge was completely destroyed, though the resort says they’ll still be open through the holiday weekend.

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3 Responses to “A Bad Weekend for Midwestern Resorts”

  1. Stormy January 17th, 2011 at 12:49 pm

    Rocky – as funny as jokes about Wisconsin are, the Alpine Valley where the chairlift thing happened was in OHIO! /facepalm

  2. Rocky Thompson January 17th, 2011 at 5:17 pm

    Damn, there’s an Alpine Valley, OH? I didn’t even know it snowed that far south.

  3. Rad! January 18th, 2011 at 9:45 am

    http://www.alpinevalleyohio.com/ Need I say more?