I thought Timber Lee was south and east of Traverse City. I stand corrected, Mr. Jacques, Timberlee was indeed north and west of Traverse City near the south end of Lake Leelanau. Today Timberlee Hills operates as a banquet, wedding and party center with snow tubing in the winter.
Skilifts.com reports that Timber Lee Hills installed a Riblet 1961′ double chair with a 327′ rise in 1968. In 1969 they installed a 1476′ Riblet double with a 322′ rise.
Timberlee was North and West of Traverse City. As I recall it had 1, maybe 2 chair lifts, I’ll check with a couple fellow Schuss Patrollers who patrolled there and get more details.
A bunny rope, a “j bar” and two doubles. Trails were devils dive, snow bowl, international, fis…Skied well ( for a 13 year old). Looking for pictures
I believe they had an alpine slide that was open during the summer months.