In 1972 before the Denver Olympic Organizing Committee had to give up its hopes for the Olympics, what ski area did the DOOC decide would host the Alpine ski events?
Forty five years ago from February 4-15 the 1976 Winter Olympics were held in Innsbruck, Austria. Highlights included Dorothy Hamill winning the gold in figure skating and starting a worldwide hairstyle craze; Alpine skier Rosi Mittermaier coming oh-so-close to winning… Continue Reading →
The 1976 Winter Olympics were held in Innsbruck, Austria, but where were they supposed to be held?
First, some comments I received on my “guest column” by the late Bill McCollom. In that column, Bill described participating in one of the last hike-to-ski downhill races in the Northeast which was held on New Hampshire’s Mt. Tecumseh in… Continue Reading →
What year did the Stowe Toll House double chairlift begin operation?
A few weeks back I wrote about how some friends shared digitized images from 40-50 years ago and that triggered so many memories. It also motivated me to have the movie I took of our 1970 ski trip to Aspen… Continue Reading →
What year did the Eisenhower tunnel in Colorado first open?
I guess it was inevitable that one of my trivia questions would stir up a controversy! But I’ll get to that a little later in the column. Averell Harriman was a railroad magnate in the 1930s. He had seen the… Continue Reading →
2021 will mark the 80th anniversary of the film “Sun Valley Serenade.” The movie starred Olympic gold medalist skater Sonja Henie, but what American gold medalist skier was her skiing double?
Ski boots have always been a common complaint by skiers. That was certainly true in the Retro-Ski days of leather boots! The 1960s saw several companies experimenting with plastic ski boots, but Bob Lange emerged from the group with the… Continue Reading →
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