Bluegrass Skiers Paradise Lake located in Lebanon, Junction, Ky. Contact Ed Sorace Cave Lake Event Park Cave Lake Event Park is located between Burnside and Monticello, KY. The owner of the site is Nick Cooley. Cave Lake is the new home of the Cumberland Skiers who held the site’s first waterski tournament there in late 2004. It has a three-story pavilion on site that makes a perfect haven from the hot sun or rain. The site a spectators dream, with a great view of skiing from anywhere around the lake. Cave Lake is presently a slalom only site, but plans are being made to be a three event. Contact Alex Godsey Cruise’s Creek Lake Cruise’s Creek Lake is a beautiful site in Northern Kentucky near the City of Walton. The owners of the site are Tom Bolger and Bob and Donna Archambeau. The site became three event ready in 2003, with the addition of a jump and an awesome judging/observation tower. The Kentucky State Championships were held there for the first time the same year. Contact Tom Bolger Kentucky Lake Ski Nuts Twin Oaks Lake is a world class site located just off I-24 near Paducah, KY. The owners of this site are Joe and Cathy Burkhead. It is the home of the Kentucky Lake Ski Nuts club, named from their former ski haven on Kentucky Lake. As the name might suggest, it is a twin- lake horseshoe shaped site that has hosted the State Championships as well as the Southern Regionals Waterski Tournament on several occasions. Twin Oaks Lake was designed and built by Joe specifically for three event waterskiing, and it shows. Contact Joe Burkhead Rough River Watersports Club Rough River Lake is a state owned public lake, near Leitchfield, Ky. We maintain two courses that are open to the public. We encourage new users to ask any of us about driving or skiing these courses. Contact Ed Sorace Stillwater Lake Ski Club Stillwater Lake is located just north Shelbyville, Ky near the town of Eminence. The owners of the site are Leon and Fran Leonard and Paul and Rhonda Fister. It is a very, nice three event site and one of the stops for the Kentucky Waterski Championships. It is well protected from wind and tends to yield some very impressive slalom performances. Contact Leon Leonard |
| Kentucky Lakes & Ski Clubs |
| Public Lakes in Kentucky |
| Private Lakes & Ski Clubs |
| Barkley Barren River Buckhorn Cave Run Cumberland (slalom courses) Dale Hollow Fishtrap Green River Grayson Greenbo Kentucky Kenlake Kincaid Laurel Malone Nolin Paintsville Rough River (slalom courses) Taylorsville (slalom course) Yatesville |
| If you want to ski in Kentucky, there are Several of these public lakes even offer slalom courses! Ski club members can usually be spotted in tournament type boats. We encourage you to ask any of them for advise on how to drive and ski a slalom course. For information on Kentucky State Parks: http://parks.ky.gov For information on businesses, services, camp grounds and attractions around Kentucky lakes: http://kylakes.com |
