RetroSki 2019-2020

Who starred in the movie Downhill Racer? For a bonus, who did the skiing as the star’s double?

Who is credited with inventing the first release ski binding?

James Niehues will be inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame next week in Sun Valley. For what is James Niehues famous?

What former Stowe restaurateur still has trophies for her championship baton twirling?

Who wrote the book “Ski with the Big Boys”?

When was the International trail at Stowe renamed Starr?

What ski area has an on-mountain restaurant named “The Roundhouse?”

Which of the following age groups comprise the largest percentage of skier visits in the United States: Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964); Gen X (born 1965-1980); Millennials (born 1981- 1996); or Gen Z (born after 1996)?

What company invented polar fleece?

In 1935 a new event was added to the Stowe Winter Carnival, a slalom ski race. Who won that first slalom? (Hint: He was also the first American to win a major European ski race. That was at Sestriere in… Continue Reading →