Snoqualmie Ski Bowl
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 Milwaukee Ski Bowl
Location within the US
Milwaukee Ski Bowl
Milwaukee Ski Bowl (Washington (state))
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| Location | Hyak, Washington |
| Nearest city | Seattle |
| Coordinates | 47°23′24″N 121°23′49″W / 47.39°N 121.397°WCoordinates: 47°23′24″N 121°23′49″W / 47.39°N 121.397°W |
| Vertical | 1,140 feet (350 m) |
| Top elevation | 3,740 feet (1,140 m) |
| Base elevation | 2,600 feet (790 m) |
| Lift system | 4 tows and Ski-Boggan (1946) |
Milwaukee Ski Bowl was an alpine ski area in the northwest United States in Washington, and operated between 1937 and 1950. It was southeast of Seattle in the Cascade Range at Hyak, on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass.
Executives of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("The Milwaukee Road") built the ski area in the fall of 1937, including a large two-story day lodge and one surface lift near the east portal of the railroad's Snoqualmie Tunnel, just north of Keechelus Lake.
It was originally the "Snoqualmie Ski Bowl" until it closed at the start of World War II. It reopened in 1946 as the "Milwaukee Ski Bowl" to avoid confusion with The Snoqualmie Summit ski area, two miles (3 km) away at the top of the pass. It was a major ski area for its era, comparable to but not as luxurious as Sun Valley, the Union Pacific Railroad's new resort in central Idaho. In early 1938, there was night skiing and lift tickets were a dollar a day, or ten cents per individual trip, for the cable surface lift, which vertically climbed 300 feet (90 m). Five runs were in the bowl, named for the railroad's popular trains of the era: Hiawatha, Chippewa, Arrow, Pioneer, and Olympian; additional lifts were added over time.
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