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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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