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Test Your Skiing Knowledge

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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. In the 1930s the hill pictured…
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When Errol Flynn Skied at Alta

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Many famous Hollywood movie stars came to Alta to ski during the 1940s. Two of the best known were Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland, but most famous of all was Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling leading man. My uncle, the late Sverre Engen, was Alta's Ski…
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Test Your Skiing Knowledge

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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 &…
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Hip Hip Hooray! I Turned 80 Today!

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Harriet Hits The Big Eight-O. [Editor Note: A big hug and salute to Harriet Wallis, snow sports journalist, who has written dozens of interesting and useful articles of these pages since SeniorsSkiing.com began in 2014. Happy Birthday, Harriet.  Many…
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Mystery Glimpse: Two Racers

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One Very Young, The Other A Successful Competitor. Many thanks to the Tread Of Pioneers Museum, Steamboat Springs, for this photo. Visit their online collection by clicking here. Last Week This is George Lundeen's bronze statue, The End of An Era, …
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Mystery Glimpse: Turning Point

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What's The Story Behind This Statue? Why is it so important to the Colorado Snowsports Museum?  Who is the artist? Last Week The Fountain Mountain at Mt. Snow, VT was the subject of last week's mystery. According to Mt. Snow's Jamie Storrs,…
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Mystery Glimpse: Ski The Cone

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This Should Be Easy. If you've skied this...structure, tell us your story. Where, why? Last Week This iconic image is of seven great ski champions from the past.  All have been inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall…
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Mystery Glimpse: Seven Great Champs

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All Inducted In US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. Hints: Photo from Feb. 1941, Sun Valley. One of these men later enlisted in the 10th Mountain Division and was killed in action. Can you name them all? Thanks to Alan Engen for contributing this…
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Mystery Glimpse: Racer R.

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This Is A Challenge. Hints Below. He was on Bob Beattie's 1964 US Ski Team. He later worked for Head Ski and Lange Boots. Do you know who he is? Put your guess in the comment box below. Last Week Thanks to ski correspondent Dave Irons for…
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Snow In Literature: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

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By Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods…
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Mystery Glimpse: First T-Bar

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Can You Name The State And The Ski Area Where This First T-bar In The State Appeared? Hint: It's 1951. Thanks to veteran ski journalist Dave Irons for contributing this photograph. That should be another hint for those who know Dave. Last…
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Mystery Glimpse: On Patrol

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Early Red Parka Person Who is this guy? Sure looks like he knows the snows. Photo courtesy of the New England Ski Museum and executive director Jeff Leich. Worth visiting their online gift shop by the way if you're looking for skier/snow sport presents.…
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John Denver Ski Music Video

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"Dancing With The Mountains" Ode To The Lure of Skiing. John Denver singing and dancing down and with the mountains. "Dancing With The Mountains" Everybody's got the dancing fever, everybody loves to rock and roll.Play it louder…
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Tracking The Wild Cooba: An Appreciation

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Doug Coombs was one of the most celebrated steep and deep skiers of the ‘80s, 90s, and 00s. Many of you will remember his film exploits and his steep skiing camps at Jackson Hole and in Tinges and elsewhere in Europe. He died in La Grave France…
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1974’s We Learned to Ski: Still Fun to Read

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There’s a lot of skiing literature from the past, some of which still has relevance. If you have a favorite that you’d like to share with other SeniorsSkiing.com readers, please write an appreciation and send it in. Our goal is a maximum of 500…
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102-Year Old Skier George Jedenoff’s Autobiography Published On Apple Books

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It's A Thriller, A History, A Love Story And More. Read It Free On Your Computer. George Jedenoff never gives up. Credit: Harriet Wallis George skis with enthusiasm. He cruises steep trails and shouts with glee when he jumps into powder.…
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Mystery Glimpse: Season Retrospective

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Last Week This is an Engen family photo, depicting Alf Engen himself ski-joring over a mini-ski jump behind a cantering horse. According to Jon Green, from the Alf Engen Museum, Alf participated in ski-joring quite often in Jackson Hole and Sun Valley…
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Mystery Glimpse: Up, Up And Giddy-Up

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Horses And Skiing Have A History. Yes, skijoring.  But where, who, when?  Anyone ever skijor? What's it like? Many thanks to the Alf Engen Museum, Park City, UT, for contributing this spirited photo of skijoring in (hint, hint) the West. The…
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Miss Tweedie Goes Skiing In Norway

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"Was ever anything so vexatious?" One of the most enthusiastic English Victorian tourists who made a ski trip to Norway was Mrs. Alec Tweedie, author of A Winter Jaunt to Norway (1893). Not only did she sketch a vivid picture of Norwegian…
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Mystery Glimpse: This Lady Created The First…

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...What? Hints:  New Hampshire. She went to Smith. Her husband's last name was the name of the creation. Many thanks to the New England Ski Museum, now with an Eastern Slope branch in North Conway, NH, in addition to their home base at the foot…
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History Lives At Cranmore Mountain

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Celebrating Hannes Schneider, A Pioneer Of Alpine Skiing In North America. Every year, the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race, sponsored by the New England Ski Museum and Cranmore Mountain, NH, celebrates the legacy of the venerable Austrian ski instructor.…
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