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IBM Burlington

A little over a month ago IBM announced that it was selling its Semiconductor division to Global Foundries – well actually IBM is paying Global Foundries to take the semiconductor division. This includes the IBM Burlington facility which as we… Continue Reading →

Welcome to The 2014-15 RetroSki Season!

Cold weather has arrived and the snow has begun to fall! Skiing can’t be too far off. And neither can RetroSki. I plan to start columns Thanksgiving week in concert with when most Eastern (and some Western) resorts will be… Continue Reading →

Easter Sunrise on Mount Mansfield

It’s 4:30 in the morning as I load my skis and get in the gondola. I join a group of non-skiers already in the car. I ask them where they’re from and they tell me they’re from Fairfax, Vermont. That… Continue Reading →

Trivia 2014 Week 17

When was the first Easter sunrise service held atop Mount Mansfield?

Bota Bags

Spring skiing always brings back memories from past springs. Last week’s trivia question took us back to a warm day of spring skiing in the early 1970s in some huge bumps on Liftline. One of the first skiers in our… Continue Reading →

Trivia Week 2014 Week 16

It’s a warm spring day in the early 1970s and by the afternoon the spring bumps on Liftline have gotten huge! One of the first skiers in our group does a spectacular face plant on the back side of one… Continue Reading →

Where Did You Learn to Ski?

Where did you first learn to ski? Not the first place you skied, but the place where you really learned. For a majority of Retro-Skiers the answer will be some small, family-friendly area that probably no longer is in business…. Continue Reading →

Trivia 2014 Week 15

Who built Stowe’s first rope tow?

Northland Skis

My junior year in high school my parents bought me a pair of skis. As I’ve chronicled in this column before, buying me a new pair of skis was an annual event since I couldn’t seem to make it through… Continue Reading →

Trivia 2014 Week 14

What former ski company known for its wooden skis went out of business even though Stein Eriksen designed some of their skis?

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