By the current appearance of the flat terrain surrounding Greeley and Windsor, it is hard for some to imagine that there could be a local ski area. However, Richard Perchlick had the dream of opening one in Weld County and in 1970 that dream was reality. Perchlick was a former Greeley mayor and respected resident. He named the ski area "Sharkstooth" because of a number of petrified sharksteeth fossils found on the slopes that would soon become the area. Sharkstooth was a beginning ski area designed for locals to enjoy the snow and sun without having to drive hours to the larger ski areas. It was located in the bluffs above the Cache la Poudre southeast of the Eastman Kodak plant. The area used mostly man-made snow, to supplement Greeley's scarce winter storms. Due to the lack of snow, the ski area was closed but the series of runs are still etched into the surrounding bluffs.