Bousquet Mountain
ski area in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Bousquet Mountain is a local ski area serving skiing and snowboarding located on a northern summit of Yokun Ridge in Pittsfield, Massachusetts within the Taconic Mountain Range. It is now owned by Mill Town Capital and shares a Summit pass with Berkshire East and Catamount Ski Area.
Snowtubing is also offered with 10 lanes, 100 tubes, a magic carpet, and snowmaking on the tubing hill.
History
Opened in 1932, the resort is the oldest existing ski area in The Berkshires. Prior to its use as a ski area, the property was a mink farm belonging to Clarence J. "Clare" Bousquet. After his mink farming operation failed during the Great Depression, Bousquet responded to the interest of the Mount Greylock Ski Club, which had been using a steep pasture on his property as a practice run. He allowed the club to cut a 750-foot (230 m) ski slope to the northern summit of Mahanna Cobble (part of Yokun Ridge) in 1933.
Summary of developments
In the 1935–36 season, the first rope tow was installed on the lower mountain.
In the 1936–37 season, an upper mountain rope tow was constructed. Bousquet installed night skiing, with mercury vapor floodlights installed on poles in 1936 as part of a local partnership with General Electric.
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