Category Trivia

Who founded the Dartmouth Outing Club and also the Brattleboro Outing Club?

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?

Where is the legendary Red Onion located?

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?

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 on Mount Mansfield was a rope tow located in what is now the Toll House area. It began operation in December of 1936 making this season the 80th anniversary of lift-served skiing on Mount Mansfield! However… Continue Reading →

Where were the 1966 FIS World Championships held?

Who won the men’s GS held at Stratton in March 1978? (Hint: He would go on to be the next three-time overall World Cup winner after Stenmark.)

Prior to this year’s Killington event Vermont had only hosted one World Cup event in the fifty year history of the FIS World Cup! When and where was the other World Cup event held in Vermont?