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Each issue of SeniorsSkiing.com has a picture to help test your skiing knowledge. Generally, the pictures are from collections in a variety of participating ski museums, which we encourage readers to visit.

This Englishman was instrumental in formalizing ski racing in the early part of the 20th Century. 1908, He founded the Alpine Ski Club in 1908, and in 1911 organized the Kandahar Challenge Cup, a race that continues annually to this day. In 1922, he set the first modern slalom course. For these and other skiing race innovations, he was knighted in 1952 by Queen Elizabeth for “…services to British skiing…”.The first reader to correctly identify his name will receive the new Licensed To Ski poster. Please email answers to jon@seniorsskiing.com.  

 

Greg Zoll, of Hillsdale, NJ, was the first reader to correctly identify the image as Gilbert’s Hill in Woodstock, VT. In the 1930s,it was a popular New England ski location. A rope tow, powered by the motor of a Ford Model T truck, was placed on the hill in 1934, making it possible for skiers to quickly get to the top. The hill was used as a ski area until 1965. There’s now a historical marker near the site. Greg, who will receive the new “Licensed To Ski” poster, currently is celebrating his 60th ski season. He was introduced to the sport by his father, a a 10th Mountain Division veteran, who, at one time, held the patent on the Curtiss-Wright Jet-Air compressor used for making snow at New Jersey’s Great Gorge ski area. He’s carried the skiing tradition to his own family and has skied throughout the US, the Alps and in Chile. Congratulations, Greg!

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In the 1930s the hill pictured here was a popular New England ski location. The first reader to correctly identify its name and location will receive the new Licensed To Ski poster. Please email answers to jon@seniorsskiing.com.  

While several readers correctly identified the man in the picture as Junior Bounous, Terrell W. Smith of Salt Lake City was first. Terrell has been on skis 70 years. He raced in high school and  taught  at Alta when Junior headed Snowbird’s ski school. He says, “Skiing is cheaper than psychiatry,” a sentiment hard to disagree with. Junior is a celebrated deep powder skier and contributed to the sport’s development throughout the Intermountain West. He is 96 and still skiing. The picture came from the Utah Ski & Snowboard Archives, which preserves the history of skiing in Utah and the Intermountain region. The extensive collection contains thousands of digitized images of photographs and print materials, all of which can be accessed online.

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Each issue of SeniorsSkiing.com has a picture to help test your skiing knowledge. Generally, the pictures are from collections in a variety of participating ski museums, which we encourage readers to visit. This image is from the Utah Ski & Snowboard Archives, which preserves the history of skiing in Utah and the Intermountain region. The extensive collection contains thousands of digitized images of photographs and print materials, all of which can be accessed online.

Source: Utah Ski and Snowboard Archives

This picture was taken in 1963 during Park City’s preseason ski school. The man on the right was a participating ski instructor. He went on to become one of Utah’s most celebrated skiers. Now a nonagenarian, he can still be spotted carving his way down the mountain. The first reader to correctly identify him will receive the new SeniorsSkiing.com poster of ski-themed license plates. (Only answers sent to jon@seniorsskiing.com will qualify).

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Several readers correctly identified the object being transported by dog sled as a tire for the massive Antarctic Snow Cruiser, which was part of Admiral Byrd’s 1939-41 United States Antarctic Service Expedition. But the first reader to send the answer in was Rob Henning of Pittsburgh, Pa. Rob is a frequent denizen of Seven Springs Ski Resort and each season visits Big Sky in Montana. He enjoys chasing his 13-year-old son around the mountain. Congratulations, Rob. You’ll soon be receiving the new SeniorsSkiing.com Licensed To Ski poster of ski-themed license plates.

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Each issue of SeniorsSkiing.com has a picture to help test your skiing knowledge. Generally, the pictures are from collections in a variety of participating ski museums, which we encourage readers to visit. Note: this picture is not from a ski museum.

Look closely and you’ll see that these dogs are towing a very large tire. It was not being sledded to an 18-wheeler stuck on the Interstate. But it was on its way to an extremely large, unusual and briefly famous snow vehicle from the late 1930s and early ‘40s. The first reader to correctly name the vehicle and the expedition it was part of will win an as-yet-to-be-determined, but useful, prize. Note: only answers sent to jon@seniorsskiing.com will qualify. Please do not post your answer as a Comment.

 

Numerous readers sent in “Bronzey” as the name of the item pictured in the January 21 Test Your Skiing Knowledge. They were almost right. The correct brand name, submitted by Norm Morin of Winterport, Maine, was Ski Spree. The wax was made in the 1960s and 1970s by Ray Letarte in the kitchen of his Westbrook, Maine home. He poured the hot, melted, wax into muffin tins to cool, giving the wax its distinctive shape. It was sold primarily in New England with the slogan “Ski On Bronze”. Many readers remember it worked best on warm spring days with wet snow. Norm, who’s been on boards more than 60 years, mostly skis at Sugarloaf.

The picture comes from Made In Maine, an exhibit of the Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum.

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Each issue of SeniorsSkiing.com has a picture to help test your skiing knowledge. The pictures are from collections in a variety of participating ski museums, which we encourage readers to visit.

The object pictured here was made in the kitchen, but its nothing you’d want to eat. It was available throughout New England in the 1960s and 70s. One more clue: The image comes from the Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum‘s exhibit, “Made in Maine.” What was the brand name for this useful little object? The first reader to send the correct answer to info@seniorsskiing.com wins a soon to be determined but useful prize.

The Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum shares many stories from Maine and  the state’s role in the development of skiing and snowboarding. Last summer, the museum moved from Kingfield to a new home on the Access Road to Sugarloaf. The current “Made in Maine” exhibit explores the development of skiing and snowboarding through equipment made in the Pine Tree State. If you’re in the area, be sure to visit.

Michael Bannon, Bartlett, NH, was the first reader to correctly identify the picture in the last Test Your Skiing Knowledge. It’s the upper chairlift at Thorn Mountain, Jackson, NH. Thorn Mountain opened in 1949 with two single chairlifts stacked one above the other to give a vertical rise of more than 1,000 vertical feet. Thorn closed about 1956. Michael has been a Level 3 PSIA instructor since 1966. He’s been a SeniorsSkiing.com subscriber for 5 years. Congratulations, Michael! You’ll soon be receiving a container of Slide On, the dry lubricant spray that helps your feet slip in and out of ski boots. One application lasts for a month of frequent boot use. One 2 oz. can is good for the entire season. The picture was submitted by The New England Ski Museum, located in Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire. Admission to the museum is always free.

 

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Each issue of SeniorsSkiing.com has a picture to help test your skiing knowledge. The pictures are from collections in a variety of participating ski museums, which we encourage readers to visit.

This picture, submitted by The New England Ski Museum, shows a chair that serviced a New England area in the 1950s. It was the upper of two lifts that, combined, providing more than 1000′ of vertical. The area closed in the mid-50s. What was the name of this short-lived ski area?

The first person to submit the correct answer to jon@seniorsskiing.com wins a yet to be determined, but skiing-related prize. Note, only answers sent to that address will qualify.The correct answer and the name of the winner will appear in the next issue of SeniorsSkiing.com.

Unfrtunately, there were no correct answers to the last Test Your Skiing Knowledge quiz. Perhaps the answer was a bit arcane. Nonetheless, it is quite interesting.

Source: New Mexico Ski Museum and Ski Hall of Fame

The man in the middle is Bruno Hans Geba, and he’s shown instructing two coeds from the University of New Mexico at Sandia Peak Ski Area in 1968. Several readers thought it might be Ernie Blake at Taos, probably because the image was submitted by the New Mexico Ski Museum and Ski Hall of Fame. Geba was born in 1927 in Salzburg, Austria. After World War II, he received bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in medical science, psychology and physical education from the University of Vienna. In 1955 he was invited to the US to serve as a consultant for the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. At about the same time, he received his American doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Colorado. While in Aspen, he trained the U.S. men’s and women’s Olympic ski teams and coached the International Professional Ski Racers Association. In 1966 he started a private psychotherapy practice in San Francisco; later becoming a professor at San Diego State University. He retired in 1992, moved to Hawaii. and passed away there at age 74.

 

 

Source: New Mexico Ski Museum and Sk Hall of Fame

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Each issue of SeniorsSkiing.com has a picture to help test your skiing knowledge. The pictures are from collections in a variety of participating ski museums, which we encourage readers to visit.

This big time skier was hardly stilted when it came to skiing or to publicity stunts. He was ski school director of the ski school of a New England area which has since changed names. The New England Ski Museum submitted the image for Test Your Skiing Knowledge.

Be the first to identify both the stilted skier AND the name of the ski area (before its name change) and receive a one-year membership to Outside+ ($79.00 value) with access to this season’s Warren Miller film, Winter Starts Now, plus two annual print subscriptions to your choice of SKI magazine, Outside, Backpacker, BETA MTB & more; access to extended gear reviews and instructional video from SKI from bumps to backcountry courses; Gaia GPS Premium access to thousands of maps and backcountry navigation recommendations; member-only content on all 18 sites in the Outside network, and full access to OutsideTV premium adventure films & series. Only answers sent to jon@seniorsskiing.com will qualify. Please do not submit your answer to Comments.

The correct answer and the name of the winner will appear in the next issue of SeniorsSkiing.com.

The winner of the last Test Your Skiing Knowledge  is Kay Geitner of Centennial, Colorado. She correctly identified the ski jumper as Alan Engen, past diector of  skiing at Alta and currently a member of SeniorSkiing.com’s Advisory Council. Kay taught at her home resort, Copper Mountain, for 28 years. She was the first American woman to graduate with the National Diplome from Ecole National de Ski and Alpinisme in Chamonix France. She represented the Pacific Northwest Ski Association at the US Junior Nationals and for five years represented Washington State at the Western States American Legion Championship in Sun Valley. Kay reports she’s been a SeniorsSkiing.com subscriber since we started in 2014. She wins a free pair of EZFIT Universal Insoles from Masterfit (retail value: $44.95).

 

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Where are these skiers? Source: New Mexicao Ski Museum

Each issue of SeniorsSkiing.com has a picture to help test your skiing knowledge. The pictures are from collections in a variety of participating ski museums, which we encourage you to visit and to support.

This image was submitted by New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame and New Mexico Ski Museum, located outside Albuquerque, at the base of the Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway. The museum collects, preserves and displays items connected with and/or celebrating the history of snow skiing in New Mexico. The Ski Hall of Fame celebrates individuals who have contributed substantially to the development of skiing and snowboarding in the state.

It is open daily year-round, and admission is free.

Where in New Mexico are the skiers in this picture? The first person to identify the correct location (email  jon@seniorsskiing.com) will receive a copy of Arcadia Publishing’s book, Skiing in New Mexico.

The correct answer and the name of the winner will appear in the next issue of SeniorsSkiing.com.

The winner of the last Test Your Skiing Knowledge (a few others had the correct answer, but were not the first to submit it) is George Treisbach of Harrisburg, Pa and Copper Mt, Co. He identified author Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. Congratulation for this mystery well-solved, George. Enjoy the  membership we purchased for you to The New England Ski Museum.