What year did the first high speed quad replace the old Mansfield single and double chairs at Stowe?
Last week my wife and I were skiing the Quad on Mount Mansfield at what I’d term a moderate rate. That is, we were skiing at moderate speed and stopping briefly at the usual stopping spots. We were getting about… Continue Reading →
In the RetroSki days, Stowe sold a ticket book containing coupons that could be used for single rides up the lifts. Different lifts required a different number of coupons. How many coupons were required for a ride up the Mt…. Continue Reading →
Change. We humans are kind of ambivalent about change. We’re all for change until it affects us and then somehow it’s different. Actually this column is all about our reaction to change, well at least as it pertains to skiing…. Continue Reading →
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When Snowbird opened in 1971, Junior Bounous was named as head of the ski school. It was a natural choice. Bounous was a native Utahn and he had learned to be a ski instructor under Alf Engen at Alta, eventually… Continue Reading →
Junior Bounous was inducted into the United States Ski Hall of Fame in 1996. What is his real first name?
According to Charlie Lord, the first Sugar Slalom was held on April 30, 1939. It had been a good season and the general feeling was that there should be a special event to mark the season’s end. If it was… Continue Reading →
This weekend will be the Sugar Slalom, Stowe’s annual end-of the-season race. Who gets the credit for naming it the “Sugar Slalom?”
Can a ski boot with a novel new design influence other ski boot manufacturers even if that novel boot never made it to market? Based on the story of the Kastinger Porsche, apparently the answer is “yes!” Daniel Post was… Continue Reading →
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