October 1998
![]() Some people call this Balancing Rock. This is one of many rocks left behind with the retreat of the glacier that had covered the area until about 85,000 - 11,000 years ago | ![]() A view from the top. First mentioned in 1669, this 482-foot hill is the second highest in the Metropolitan Boston area. At the instigation of Charles Eliot, a 250-acre park was set aside for public pleasure in 1893. |
![]() The military antennas were dismantled | ![]() The former ski slope. The ski slopes were open from 1949 to 1987. The area reopened briefly in 1989–90 and has been closed since. |
![]() Foliage. | ![]() More foliage. |
October 2001
1960's - Late 1980's (New England Lost Ski Areas Project)
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