Formerly the Summit Ski Club, the Kandahar Ski Club continued to operate as a private club with public ticket sales through the 1970′s until it was subdivided and became a housing development.
The Evening Independent from St. Petersburg, FL, in an article on page 9B of their Nov. 17, 1970 issue listed Kandahar as an new ski area in Michigan, operated as a private club. Kandahar (nor Summit) was listed in the 1971 AAA Michigan Winter Sports Fun List (published in Dec. 1970), perhaps because it was primarily a private area.
Here is a link to a current picture of the hill.
Sure had a lot of good times at Kandahar!
I dated a girl who’s family (Beevers) skied there.
Kandahar kid here. Packing snow on the 21 meter jump at 10-yrs old with zero parents around. 80+ feet with Rossignol Smash J’s. Tow ropes! Very fast tow ropes. Boomerang!!!
Memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Kandahar!
I am a life long skier, collegiate racer and now father of skiers/snowboarders and all of my love of skiing started with every weekend at Kandahar!! Winter friends, jumping, hitting the 22 meter ski jump, the Olympics; man, what a place to be with family and friends.
Boomerang and Bob-el were the two fastest rope tows ever!!
I grew up on the east side of Kandahar and skied there from 1975 until I graduated from Fenton high school in 1982. I also worked as a tow-attendant to earn a free ski pass! I could put on my skis at the back door and ski down to the tow rope at the bottom of East (Sunrise).
I also used the rickety ski jump for a few seasons. For as small as the hill was, it was a hopping place in it’s prime. Quite a few members from the Detroit suburbs would come out for the day. The fall work weekends and the spring cleanup was fun too. I made lots of little-while friends over the years.
So, for all you Kandahar kids, who can name ALL the hills and trails?
WOW! what is it? Thirty-some years later….. count me in as a Kandahar brat too! Coolest way to grow up, put your ski gear on at home, push across the back yard, catch the town rope and be gone ALL DAY! Only taking hot chocolate or tomoto soup breaks! Thank you dad for making that possible!