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ski history
4 Porch Notes tagged “ski history,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Eagle County
Vail started with a seven-hour climb and a view of the treeless Back Bowls
Vail grew into one of the largest single ski mountains in North America, and the story starts with a 1957 climb to a ridge above a string of wide, treeless bowls.
Read note ->History and culture - Pitkin County
Snowmass Village began as a ranching valley, then a ski resort
The Town of Snowmass Village grew from ranchland in the Brush Creek valley after a ski area opened in the 1960s, and it later incorporated as its own home rule town.
Read note ->History and culture - Routt County
Howelsen Hill and the Winter Carnival, Steamboat's ski roots
Steamboat Springs' deep ski heritage traces to Carl Howelsen, who helped start the Winter Carnival and the ski hill that still carries his name.
Read note ->History and culture - Grand County
Winter Park Resort began as Denver's city-owned ski hill
Winter Park Resort opened around 1940 as a ski area owned by the City and County of Denver, and much of its ski terrain sits on Arapaho National Forest land in Grand County under a Forest Service permit.
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