Skiing started in Europe long before the United States got into the act. The early U.S. ski industry including ski areas relied heavily on transplanted Europeans. There are still more than twice as many skiers in Europe than here in… Continue Reading →
In what year were the first overall World Cups awarded in Alpine Skiing? And as a bonus who were the men’s and women’s winners?
Will RFID technology mean the extinction of the “Ticket Turkey”? You know, the Ticket Turkey is that guy with every lift ticket he ever bought still attached to his parka. And when the rest of us see him we say… Continue Reading →
What ski area was the first to use ticket wickets? And a more difficult bonus, what was the name of the inventor of the ticket wicket?
This week’s column was supposed to begin: “Greetings from Whistler, British Columbia!” But due to unfortunate circumstances our trip had to be delayed. Alta Lake was the original name for what we now call Whistler and it became a summer… Continue Reading →
How did Whistler get its name?
U.S. Route 6 runs east-west across Colorado. From the 1940s into the 1960s it was the main route for skiers going from Denver to Aspen, Vail, or other Colorado ski areas. For many of us Easterners, Route 6 was our… Continue Reading →
When did the Eisenhower tunnel first open?
I’m accelerating down the in-run of a natural terrain jump – a “kicker” in today’s parlance. It’s in the sparse trees, skier’s right of the cliffs above Mid-Vail. I’m nervous because I’ve never taken this jump before – hell, I’ve… Continue Reading →
When did the Vail ski area first open? There is a connection between Hannes Schneider coming to North Conway and the creation of the Vail ski resort. You get many bonus points if you identify that connection.
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