Famous & Forgotten - Johnny Cash filmed here - A lost Massachusetts Ski Resort
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2021
- Join me on this TRUE explore. I had no previous knowledge about this place, I caught an old sign on the road so I whipped the truck around and checked it out. I dug up some history on the place and turns out it was a VERY famous place back in the day.
Please enjoy the facts below, the tour and as always, stay safe & Happy Exploring 🍃
History dates back to the 1934-35 season, when the 1.1 mile, 930 vertical foot Mountain Trail debuted. Described as novice except in fast snow conditions, the trail was 8 to 12 feet wide. The first competition on the trail was held on New Year's Day 1935.
This mountain ski area made headlines at the start of the 1969-70 season when Johnny Cash filmed scenes for a made for television movie "Trail of Tears" at the ski area. The mountain resort was chosen for its ability to simulate an actual blizzard with its snowmaking system.
Every Saint Patrick’s Day, the snowy mountain was dyed green for skiers to enjoy an Irish theme as the owner was an Irishman.
Ted Kennedy made a splash by visiting the mountain resort in conjunction with the start of his Senate re-election campaign. The local newspaper noted that he was 75 minutes to a scheduled lunch event and departed early to go hit the slopes.
The mountain resort also made headlines in February 1975 when Olympian Suzy Chaffee visited the area, performing a "ballet" on skis.
Though the resort had been popular amongst skiing governors Endicott Peabody and Francis Sargent during its first decade of operation, it soon found itself locked into battle with the new Michael Dukakis administration. In early 1975, the Outdoor Advertising Board ordered the removal of the entrance sign. Jim, the owner responded to the sign removal in the mid 1970s by instead painting the resort name on the side of a COW and having it graze in a roadside pasture. How’s that for getting around red tape. Years later a new sign went up.
Two new trails debuted for the 1966-67 season with 7 miles of trails open at night, the mountain resort billed itself as the largest night skiing facility in the world.
Meanwhile, a nearby ski area was rapidly growing, eventually surpassing this resort in both lift infrastructure and snowmaking firepower. By the time the 1990s drew to a close, the facilities were aging, as was its dwindling skier base.
The owner finally sold the mountain resort to fellow rivals and concentrated on golf. The rivals operated it for three seasons, initially with plans to install a high speed detachable chairlift. After investing in snowmaking improvements, the new ownership realized the mountain resort would require more investment than they could justify with the declining skier-base. As a result, they shut down skiing operations after the 2001-2002 season. The tubing continued on for a few more years then eventually closed.
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I used to ski at Brodie Mountain for many many winters. This is soooo sad. My dad would winterize our trailer and we would spend time here……. School vacations and what not. When the Kelly’s owned this. At. Patrick’s Day celebrations and New Years celebrations were the best!!!!!! This is bringing back soooooo many memories
We would ski back and forth to our camper which was parked in Dot’s Place. Thank you for doing this!!!!! Brodie Mountain😊💚
I loved seeing this place and wish I got the chance to see it when it was thriving, seemed like a fun, family place to ski. Thank you and thank you for sharing a great memory of this awesome resort ☺️
I skied Rody mountain a few Saint Patrick’s days in the very early 90s when they were blowing green snow.
Brody Mt. skied there a lot in the 80’s. Downstairs was the Blarney Room. Irish music.
The old lodge was torn down in 2009. The canteen was extra for employee but also for people who rode the orange chair lift which brought you to the top of the mountain. The canteen was also used to hold parties and the pool use to be right next to that building. I spent many winters and summers at that mountain as my step mother worked there most of my childhood doing payroll and Jim Kelly's bookkeeping
Hey, thank you. I loved seeing this place and I love getting the correct history from people who have gone here or worked here when it was active. Appreciated.
I don’t know if you heard but as of 2 days ago the children’s room building has burned down
@@connorlaliberte4470 that’s awful news. Heartbreaking actually. A piece of family fun history was lost, so sad 😞
I skied there one Saturday in the 80's. It was known as a Party Spot, or "A Bar With A Ski Hill Attached". I don't remember the terrain much, but I do remember the lift lines.
Sad to see what has happened to Brodie Mountain Ski Area over the past 20 years. Used to ski there when I was a kid and almost every St. Patrick's days, because the people with the last name of Kelly could ski free (old owner's last name is Kelly), so my father, sister and me could ski for free. Wish they would restore the resort or clean up the site, rather let it continue the way it is.
Hey #MarloC 👋 Another Absolutely Amazing Abandoned Adventure.... This Resort Is Friggin Cool 😎 Accidental Finds Are Some Of The Best Finds... WOW... Massive Place With Lots Left Behind (Hotel Motel Holiday Inn... lol) Really Grrrrreat Find & Vid My Friend.... Thank You So Very Much For Taking Us Along And See You On The Next Exploration!!!
Absolutely thee best.. lol. Holiday inn!! 🤣
Thank YOU my friend. This place was awesome. See you on the next and as ALWAYS…. Love & 🙏🏻 to momma grace ☺️☺️☺️
@@ExplorewithmeMarloC Thank you 😊 my friend!!!
Looks like Brodie, ot was called Kelley’s Irish Alps, I think Jimmin Peak was close by
I worked in the canteen for 2 winter seasons! It was just a smaller cafeteria up the hill from the main lodge. It's so sad to see what has become of this wonderful place always full of such life and excitement.
That’s so great you have memories of this place when it was active and thriving. I absolutely loved this resort and the mountain. It still has so much beauty peeking through. Thank you for sharing.
Actually that round turning mechanism that is at the ski lift would not spin you around and take you up the hill. It would spin the empty ski chair (After letting off the folks coming down), and spin around using the round turnstile ...then chair would be in the opposite direction at which time the skiers going up would sit on the chair and ascend the hill.
I just wanted to clarify when the ski chair went around that round mechanism on the roof, it was empty. It didn’t have people sitting in the chair when it went around.
Thank you for the right information on the mechanics of it all. Appreciated
I don’t see the name anywhere. Was it Brodie Mountain???
Now this is incredible!
I'm so glad u finally decided to be on camera more. You are such a beautiful lady inside and out🥰
Watching now! Looks very interesting 😊
Thank you so much Cindy Jo. ☺️❤️
Mount Tom they had water slides , Riverside park amusement, luge and the ski area. I’ve been there hundreds of times in the 70’s & 80’s they closed down in 97 or 98. It was a hopping spot for all ages.
I grew up a stones throw away from this resort, i knew it shut down in the early 2000s but i wasnt aware there were still abandon structures left behind. Last i knew the property was sold to condo developers... i may just have to go check it out some time
It’s awesome to see. Go check it out. I bet this place was awesome when it was open.
Love your content Marlo !! Never stop exploring, keep em' coming !!
Thank you so much, greatly appreciated.
@@ExplorewithmeMarloC Anytime!! 🙏🏼🏆
What an awesome place. So much cool stuff
Definitely. Love these types of explores.
WOW this place is incredible! Great find! I can't believe everything was just left there. That is nuts. I'm a new subscriber so I can't want to see more!
Thank you for joining the journey, greatly appreciated. This place was amazing and it always amazes me what gets left behind.
This place is beyond fantastic!!! So much to see and OMG there was power in that building!! YIKES!!! It looked like it would have been a beautiful place back in the day! We can't wait to check it out! Thank you for showing it to us and taking us along on this adventure!! As always it was incredibly well done!!! Stay safe out there our friend!!! 😊👻☠️🖤👊👍
I loved it here. I spent the day exploring every inch. You both would have fun here. The power on kind of freaked me out for sure. Thank you so much for watching and stay safe out there you globetrotters 😜💜🍃 I loooooved your train graveyard vid 🤩
What an awesome find.
Thank YOU so much.
I wish i knew about this when i was a kid..
I used to go skiing at Blue Hills and attended school in Canton,Mass.
This is the Berkshires and it was so beautiful for sure. Never tried skiing but blue hills is a great starter hill i was told.
Wicked cool find Marlo!
I thought so too ☺️
Thank you. Definitely a great spot with awesome history.
AMAZING !!!!!!!!
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Hi Marlo! I came here from your other video of your almost camping trip here. That was quite a place in its day! That was a cool wooden wall mount for that coffee maker! I haven't seen anything like that either. It's surprising the power is still on there after over two decades. I wonder if the power company just forgot to turn it off when it closed? I can't imagine anyone still paying the bill there. That bathroom and the rest of the room looked like someone had been squatting there, especially with the food there. As far as being homeless goes, it would be a great setup with the power on, a stove, and if the door still locked it would ideal. It's also out in the country where no one would bother them.
Christmas lights. A staple in all explores! 🎄😆
The children's center was nice when it was operating. Beautiful waterfall! I'm always surprised at some of the things left behind. All of those snow tubes, the snowmobile, all of the things in the children's center, etc. I've never understood why so much is left behind that could have been sold which would help in recouping at least some of the owner's losses.
Lots of cooked apples by the canteen! Put some bacon, eggs, and biscuits with them and it would be a great breakfast! Sure was a lot of expensive ski equipment left in there.
The hotel looked like it was condos rather than hotel rooms. That one section of stairs being out was crazy! Close call! I wonder what caused it to collapse?
I see what you were talking about at the camper trailer not being in the maintenance building. Maybe with the power still on, maybe more squatters. That was a cool old console TV in there! Back when TV's were fine furniture.
This was an amazing and beautiful place! I see why now camping here would be so awesome! I don't think it's safe any longer with the camper showing up. You never know who put it there. It could be even someone running from the law. That wouldn't be unusual now. Thank you for letting me tag along! I thoroughly enjoyed this one!
What a beautiful place!! Ticks are the worst! That was a great hike fir sure! Its a shame that condo/ or whatever it is isnt being used! So beautiful! Have a great afternoon Marlo!
Thank you so much Laura ☺️ Ticks are definitely nasty and this year seems like their time to shine. Lol. 🥴 I loved this place and the history is pretty crazy. Have a great night my friend.
Absolutely incredible!!! Accidental Finds are the best, right?! All those buildings have so much left behind. Definitely looks like someone was living there at one time or another. On a hot summer day a refreshing drink is always welcome 😁 I'm barely good walking on my own two feet, but sliding down on my buttocks I'm a genius at lol sign me up! Would be cool to see this in the winter with some snow on the ground, I can only imagine the beautiful views from the top. Another AMAZING explore my friend and loved watching every moment ☺️🌲🍃
Thank you. Yup, these accidental finds are pretty awesome. Totally loved this area, this resort and all of it’s interesting history. ☺️🍃
I took my daughter here in 1992. There were a few more structures at that time. You brought back some tender memories for me. I love your presentations dear. I had a chuckle when you were going up those sorta stairs. Take care
Thank you Sue. I bet this place was equally amazing during operation. I’m glad I could jog a happy memory. Thank you my friend ☺️
So I grew up skiing here as a kid. It was called the upside down mountain cause you would drive to the top and park. It had an Alice in wonderland theme and all the trails were named after characters in the movie. So the steepest trail was called the mad hatter. They also had people dressed up in costumes for all the characters and would ski around all day. I loved that place.
Oh wow!! I appreciate all that information. I only knew they dyed the mountain green for St. Patrick’s Day skiing. That must of been a blast. Finding this place was a gem to me, wish I knew it was here years ago. Thank you for sharing that, I consider it lost history that many probably don’t know.
This is not the same mountain unfortunately there is no road access to the top
Wrong mountain. This is Brodie Mountain. I should know, skied there many many years.
Cool I’m gonna open that place back up !!
Its not for sale
I live in Massachusetts, on the South Shore. Wish I had friends to do stuff like this with. It's so cool
Those unexpected finds are the best. The electric on for 20 years abandoned? Someones paying the bill. I so enjoy your videos Marlo. Stay safe till the next one my friend💜
Someone is definitely squatting here at night. I heard someone else was here and they told me that the bathroom light was ON again. Yikes.. and I agree, the accidental finds are the absolute best ☺️ thank YOU my friend.
Great video thank you Marlo....we are headed up there to explore and was wondering when you shot this video for it looks a lot cleaner than others I have seen that show it trashed
Thank you. Just recently this summer. It was amazing to see. I spent the better part of a day here. Hope you enjoy it ☺️
Sorry Marlo...My notifications have been askew......for some reason...lol....so I've been having myself a "Marlo Marathon"...hehehe...loving every minute of it!!! Loved this video!! I'd love to be able to uplift some of that old furniture so that others could enjoy it...sorry...I tend to grab the possibility of things...I may need therapy....lmao .. I love what your doing with the rocks Marlo...your "Rockin"" some talent Gal!! Such a groovy idea!!! when I heard you read the medication...it scared me for you a bit... treats schizophrenia....could be a bit dangerous...please be careful out there Marlo..they are beautifully gifted individuals when they can be helped and their disordered managed...once again you may have wondered into a sad situation. LOL..river-snow...tomato-tomato....lol....Great video Marlo, Thank you for taking us along!!
I loved this old resort. We share that same mentality of reusing what was left behind. You being a nurse you knew what the meds were.. I had no idea. Schizophrenia?? Omg.
Someone is definitely staying there because i know someone else who ventured out there after me and they said that bathroom light was back on and that pill bottle was moved in another location. Yikes. I love painting rocks and leaving them for people to find. The snow tubing.. duh. Lol.. this was a fav to explore and thank you so much my friend ☺️
Sooo cool Marlo!!!! That mayo looked like pickel juice 🤮🤮🤮
Mmmmm… delicious 🤣
Accidental finds are definitely a bonus.
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Johnny ( The Man in black) Actually stayed in one of those rooms?.. I'm a big Fan of his,RIP Johnny....anyways, he must have been very, very tired and just wanted a fast bed to go to sleep because it just seems so beneath his standards to stay there.or maybe he had a hot groupie with him because I don't think Mr.Cash was into skiing. Lol....
Anyways this was a nice, quick,to the point video, cool!
That spot where you board the ski lift reminds me of the former swiss sky ride which was a enclosed metal bubble car on a cable that went from one side of Riverside Amusement Park in Agawam Mass.to the other side... Riverside Park was in Agawam which is right near Springfield Mass....speaking of Amusement parks that'd be a cool video, doing a former closed down Amusement park.
Johnny cash did not stay here, he filmed a movie here. They chose this location because at the time it was the only snow making facility in the united states that could duplicate an actual blizzard condition.
@@ExplorewithmeMarloC okay, my bad,sorry,I misunderstood... I didn't think he would. Lol..
@@spiderreed350 lol..
Haaaa the human location magnet always awesome
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I’m almost 50 yo. I’ve been intrigued, addicted to abandonments since I was around 8yo. This isn’t something you develop per se. But an intrinsic addiction from birth. Just my opinion, wholeheartedly.
I agree 100%
Loved this video. I use to ski here as a child. It's a shame it's abandoned now. I wonder why it was abandoned.
Oh wow so cool. Thank you for sharing ☺️
Its a shame it sits like this. The area is amazingly beautiful.
Read the description. It tells you why it was abandoned....and other very interesting facts about it.
Looks like the academic materials may have been for Speech Language Pathology or SLP assistant
Where in Mass is this? I bet it would be wicked cool to check out in the snow!
The Berkshires.
Brodie
That drug you found is a common antipsychotic
Yikes.
@@ExplorewithmeMarloC loved the video, just subscribed!
@@justincampbell5199 thank you so much
It's setup apartment style. It's a condo!! come-on
Sounds good 👌🏻
What’s the resort called I might have a map for it
Wow talk about Score! Touchdown wtg on that find, any clue the acreage? seems you could spend a couple days in that massive place
Thank you. This is a beautiful area. The exact acreage is unclear but it’s 2,621 feet and 5.5 miles. There are trails that are now completely obscured and some of the trails here are still used as snow mobile trails as well. I may go back in winter, grab a tube and fly down the mountain. 😜
@@ExplorewithmeMarloC unreal the amount of area, many acres for sure, and you see these places with unreal items left behind all the time, I wonder if some of these owners have some type of tax write off and get there money and say screw it were good to go, then just ditch the place etc..
@@diggindiggenit6540 definitely makes you wonder. You see it so much it truly makes you wonder if it was more of a gain to leave it. The power is still on here.. blows my mind, abandoned for 20 years and there’s power.. what a waste.
Risperidone is used for schizophrenia that's a little freaky but kind of makes sense I guess.
I’m sure that I skied here, maybe late 70’s or 80’s……
Ever worry about getting busted for trespassing ? And your hand was shaking like a leaf when you were trying to shut that light off … kind spooky for sure
I think about that once in a while but If I get in trouble for trespassing I’ll take whats coming to me. I view this as documenting lost history. You saw that huh? Yes.. I was a bit nervous at that moment.
Those are crab apples 🥰🥰🥰
I thought so but wasn’t sure. Thank you for that clarification. 😁 🍏
Brodie
Price Rite Peanut butter?,lol must have been on a tight budget,I prefer Jiff,lol..and that mayo looked Green, gross...lol
Green mayo. Mmmmm 🤣