Brodie Mountain Ski Resort

New Ashford, Massachusetts

1934-2002

A ski trip down memory lane art print of the Brodie mountain ski resort in New Ashford MA from an original watercolor painting by William B. MacGregor Jr, who is known in the New England area as the Junkyard Artist.

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Brodie Mountain Ski Area was a ski resort in New Ashford, Massachusetts, in the Taconic Mountain range in the northwestern part of Massachusetts. Brodie mountain’s’) history dates back to 1934-36 when the 1.1 mile, 8-12 feet wide, 930 vertical trails debuted and by the end of the decade Brodie had night skiing and a ski jump. The ski area continued to operate during WW2 and a portion ticket proceeds were for the war effort. After the war Brodie was leased to Walter Schoenknecht from Makaroff for the 1946-47 season, Unfortunally he died shortly afterwards and the ski area closed until 1963 when it was purchased by the Kelly family, owners of a logging company. Brodie re-opened in 1964 with 5 trails, an 850-foot drop, three story lodge and the Blarney Room pub soon became a happening place. Jim Kelly gave the resort an Irish theme: its nickname was "Kelly's Irish Alps"; the slopes had names like "Shamrock," "Killarney," and "JFK"; and the base lodge housed an Irish-themed bar that did a rousing business in drinks and live music. The first-year natural snow wasn’t abundant, and Jim Kelly had to use his logging trucks to haul snow to cover the slopes. The next year a new trail called Ryan’s express was added along with snow making equipment. In 1966-67 the JFK and Mickey’s chute trail were added and now Brodie was billed as the largest night skiing facility in the world. For the next few years new trails, updated chair lifts, snow making equipment and decent weather allowed Brodie to be open for 135 days and nights. Meanwhile Jiminy Peak was quickly growing and by the 90’s Brodie’s facilities were aging, lack of snow and experiencing a dwindling skier base. Brodie was sold to Jiminy Peak who operated it thru the 2001-2002 season but kept the tubing facility open. In 2004 Brodie was sold and as part of the deal could not operate as a ski or snowboard resort. Today Brodie Mountain is part of a wind farm.


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Art Print

       Art print is printed on Canson Fine Art-Photo Rag Paper or equivalent.

       Mounted in a beveled double mat.

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Original Painting


William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors the Junkyard Artist

William B. MacGregor, Jr. was born in Medfield, MA, the son and grandson of Norfolk Hunt Club kennel masters. Many of his family members were self taught artists, woodcarvers, automobile mechanics and veterans of foreign wars including his father a WW1 US Army veteran. Bill is a graduate of Medfield High School, Wentworth Institute, and Northeastern University. His engineering career, from which he is now retired, included working for military and aerospace companies in industrial engineering and IR optics. His painting incorporates “old skool” mechanical and civil drafting tools and he uses a mixed medium of watercolors, acrylics and inks. Two rabbits are often in quite a few of his paintings. Look for them. He is frequently commissioned by United States Naval officers to create paintings of their ships and aircraft carriers on nautical charts. In May,2018, and for one year, four of Bill’s automotive related paintings were on display at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA