Holiday Valley (ski resort)
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| Location | Ellicottville, New York, USA |
| Nearest city | Buffalo |
| Coordinates | 42°15′45″N 78°40′5″W / 42.26250°N 78.66806°WCoordinates: 42°15′45″N 78°40′5″W / 42.26250°N 78.66806°W |
| Vertical | 750 feet (230 m) |
| Top elevation | 2,250 feet (690 m) |
| Base elevation | 1,500 feet (460 m) |
| Skiable area | 290 acres (120 ha) |
| Runs | 58 total |
| Longest run | 1 mile (1.6 km) |
| Lift system | 11 chairs, 2 surface lifts |
| Terrain parks | 5 |
| Snowfall | 15 feet (4.6 m) |
| Snowmaking | 95% |
| Night skiing | 37 |
| Website | Holiday Valley |
Holiday Valley is a family oriented vacation spot and ski resort in Ellicottville, New York. Established in 1957 by Dick Congdon, John Fisher and Bill Northrup, the facility opened with four runs and one T-bar lift. Currently the resort contains 58 slopes and 13 lifts. Since its opening Holiday Valley has experienced steady growth and has become the main tourist attraction in Cattaraugus County. In 1995 the Inn at Holiday Valley opened, turning the slope into a self-contained ski resort.
The resort is located in the southern part of the town of Ellicottville, between the village and the town of Great Valley on U.S. Route 219. It is part of the ski country belt that runs through western New York and is one of two ski resorts in the town of Ellicottville, the other being Holimont; unlike Holimont, which is mostly restricted to members only, Holiday Valley is open to the public. (A third resort, the Concord Club on Poverty Hill, closed in 1991 and is currently being redeveloped into housing.)
Holiday Valley also operates a tubing facility on a separate plot a few miles northeast of the ski resort.
The resort is 52 miles (84 km) south of the Canada–United States border at Buffalo; Canadians constitute approximately one third of Holiday Valley's business.
After a search for initial investors, in 1956 Robert "Bob" Stubbs lead a group founders that included Dick Congdon, John Fisher and Bill Northrup sold stock in a parking lot in Ellicottville for $100 per share to open a ski area. Under Stubb's guidance Holiday Valley was among the early supporters of the relatively new technology of snow making. The first four runs called Yodeler, Champagne, Holiday Run and Edelweiss were cut in 1957 but due to mild weather early that winter their opening was delayed until January 7, 1958. Since then Holiday Valley has added 52 runs including two terrain parks, 12 lifts, and a snow tubing hill. The names of these runs and lifts can be found in the Full List of Ski Runs and Lifts section.
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