Vermont’s Forgotten Trails and Frozen Lifts of Winters Past (NY Times)

From the New York Times:

By Bill Pennington
Published: January 25, 2008

Left behind in the hazy flurries of history, lost ski areas are relics evocative of skiing’s unadorned past, of woolen mittens and a cozy lodge redolent of hot chocolate. They are reminders, too, of the birth of skiing in America, of its halcyon days, of its former abundance. Like abandoned playgrounds or a forsaken baseball stadium, they are powerful places where nostalgia pools, where you can stand near an idle trail and almost hear the laughter of children.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/travel/escapes/25ski.html