Chuck and Nancy Stone opened Buck Hill in 1954, beginning with only limited weekends of availability each year up until the early 1960s. It now has 16 different slopes and eight lifts – it even has an artificial ski slope available in the summer – and reportedly welcomes well more than one hundred thousand recreational skiers each year. Many will race in the annual Ski Challenge league. It also has junior teams of skiers who likely go on to significant careers in the sport.