In the early 1970s some of the establishments in Stowe competed for apres-ski skiers by offering free hors d’oeuvres. So this week’s trivia question is: What did the Shed offer as a free apres-ski appetizer in the early 1970s?
If you used to spend your winter vacations at ski areas rather than tropical destinations, you may be a RetroSkier! And I don’t mean just long weekends. I mean if you only got two weeks of vacation a year and… Continue Reading →
Where is the legendary Red Onion located?
“If you can ski [ski area name], then you can ski anywhere!” I’m sure most of us have heard someone make that claim. Maybe you’ve even made that claim about a ski area. I know I have! In my case… Continue Reading →
If you drive up Route 16 in New Hampshire, in West Ossipee you will still see lift towers and a cable going over the road. That used to be the gondola for what now-defunct New Hampshire ski area?
When did the original Mount Mansfield T-Bar begin operation? Mike Leach provided the correct answer as the T-Bar went into operation for the 1946-47 season. So this season is the 70th anniversary for that lift. Actually there is more significance… Continue Reading →
When did the original Mount Mansfield T-Bar begin operation?
“Keeping Skiing Real Since 1936” That’s the slogan on the ski area’s website. No, it’s not Stowe, but another Vermont ski area celebrating 80 years of continuous lift-served skiing this season. Northeast Slopes in East Corinth, Vermont, installed not just… Continue Reading →
Other than Stowe, what Vermont ski area is celebrating its 80th anniversary of lift-served skiing this season and claims the oldest continuously operating rope tow in the United States?
The first ski lift in the United States was a rope tow in Woodstock, Vermont. That rope tow began operation in January 1934. Over the following few years, rope tows would spring up on hills throughout Vermont. For the 1935-36… Continue Reading →
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