Cottonwood Butte
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Ski area
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The ski area opened Script error: No such module "Time ago". in 1967,[1][2] although skiing had previously taken place on the mountain with portable ski tows.[3]
The area operates from 10 am to 4 pm on weekends and holidays, and Friday nights (6–10 pm) in January.
Radar station
During the Cold War, the mountain was the site of Cottonwood Air Force Station, an early warning radar installation of the U.S. Air Force. The project was made public in 1955,[4][5] construction began in 1956,[6] and it went operational in early 1959.[7] The radar tower was at the summit and the cantonment of the station was at Script error: No such module "convert"., about a mile (1.6 km) below the present base of the ski area on Radar Road. The 27-unit family housing area was built in the city of Cottonwood, on Butte Drive in the north end.[8]
The radar was significantly upgraded with a new tower in 1962,[9] but the station was obsolete within three years and was deactivated.[10]
Job Corps
The buildings of the cantonment became a Job Corps center in 1965, supervised by the U.S. Forest Service.[11]
Correctional facility
After nine years, the Job Corps center was transferred to the state of Idaho in 1974, and was converted to the minimum-security North Idaho Correctional Institution (NICI).[12][13]
The state's department of lands built a fire lookout at the summit, which also supports various communications towers.[14]
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External links
- Cottonwood Butte.org – ski area
- Go-Idaho.com – Cottonwood Butte
- Visit Idaho.org – Cottonwood Butte
- Ski Map.org – trail maps – Cottonwood Butte
- Ski Idaho – Cottonwood Butte
- Idaho Ski Resorts.com – Cottonwood Butte