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Up for auction is an original, vintage "Bousquet Ski Area ", ski pin. Bousquet Ski Area is a 200-acre ski area located in on a northern summit of Yokun Ridge in Pittsfield, Massachusetts within the Berkshires cultural region. Created in 1932, the resort is the oldest existing ski area in The Berkshires. Prior to its use as a ski area the property was a mink farm belonging to ClarenceJ. "Clare" Bousquet. After his mink farming operation failed during the Great Depression, Bousquet, responding to the interest of the Mount Greylock Ski Club who had been using a steep pasture on his property as a ... |
