The 80's

The 1980's was a decade with many changes at Shawnee Peak.

• 1980 – Shawnee Peak did not open, due to lack of natural snow
• 1981 – Snowmaking is installed
• 1982 – Current general manager, Ed Rock, arrives from Okemo Mountain in Vermont.
• 1983 – Pre-dawn fire destroys the Main Base Lodge
• 1984 – New ownership with Peter Dromeshauser and David Lubrano. Dismantle "Old Blue" lift and install Summit Triple Chair (still in operation).
• 1988 – Shawnee Group Companies purchases Pleasant Mountain and changes name to Shawnee Peak. Lights are installed on (then) 70% of the mountain.

Peter Dromeshauser, Ed Rock and David Lubrano take a ride on the new Summit Triple

Ed Rock and Frank Yindra discuss plans for the Upper Snowmaking Pump House in 1985

Aerial shot of the mountain in the late 1980's after lights are installed.

Snowmaking becomes a "must have" in the 1980's. Snowmaking seen here on Upper Haggetts.