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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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Short Swings!

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Most people who love skiing take an interest in its history. Preserving and promoting that history is the mission of the International Skiing History Association (ISHA), a volunteer and membership organization that deserves our collective support. Among…
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John Henry Auran: Ski Journalist Extraordinaire, Dies At 90

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The Creative, Intense, Funny, Unique Journalist Will Be Remembered As One-Of-A-Kind. Ski journalist John Henry Auran was the kind of person you could never forget. I worked for John Henry, or JHA, as he was known to some, in the early 70s at SKIING…
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Mystery Glimpse: He Was The First

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This Well-Dressed Athlete Was The First Of Many. Thanks to the Colorado Ski And Snowboard Museum for sending this picture along. We're reaching deep here, dear readers, and if you can get this one, we will be really impressed.  Who is he and what…
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Mystery Glimpse: Choo-Choo!

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Where Are We And What's Happening? Thanks to the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum for providing this picture from ski history.  The CS&SM is in the process of undergoing a $2.4 million renovation. The first of several exhibits, "Climb To…
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Bob Beattie, Legendary US Ski Team Coach, Dies At 85

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Beattie, Who Coached The US Team For Nine Seasons, Was A Ski Competition Innovator. Bob Beattie, the coach who put the US Ski Team on the world stage in the 60s, has died on Easter Sunday in Aspen, according to his son, Zeno. For details, click here…
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Senior Skiers: St. Bernard Is Watching O’er

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St. Bernard, The Doggie's Namesake, Is An Actual Saint. [Editor Note: This tidbit was submitted by LuAnn Snyder, a freelance writer from Maryland.] Here's a bit of trivia about the Patron Saint and Protector of Skiers: St. Bernard of Montjoux. Little…
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Mystery Glimpse: Who, Where, And What?

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Here's A Classic-Looking Skier In A Classic Pose. Looks like an instructor demonstrating to a kids' class. Check the straps around his boots, and you will get a hint about the era depicted here. Don't you love that turtleneck? No, parka, hmmm. Looks…
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It’s Birthday Party Time at Alta.

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Hip, Hip, Hooray! Skier Bob Turns 94! You might say that 94-year-old Bob Murdoch is a "senior's senior" skier. He represents many skiers across the country who are skiing into their 90s and enjoying their mountain friendships as much as the slopes. Ski…
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60s Ski Songs Now AVAILABLE!

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You Can Now Download Ray Conrad's Classic Collection Of Ski Songs. After many delays, procrastinations, and technical ups and downs, SeniorsSkiing.com is happy to announce that Ray Conrad's The Cotton-Pickin' Lift Tower And Other Ski Songs, is now…
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Mystery Glimpse: What’s The Story?

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Dire Straits Require Heroic Acts. This week, a historic event for Mystery Glimpse.  Can you identify the characters involved in the above picture? What's going on? Where are they headed? Why? And yes, they are skiing. Thanks to the New England…
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Barbara Stewart Anderson: A Woman Ahead Of Her Time

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At Age 82, She's Athletic And Adventuresome. And She's The Legacy Of Her Ski Pioneer Father Founder Of Utah's Sundance Resort. Barbara Stewart Anderson is like the pink Duracell bunny. She keeps going and going. She lives by her philosophy: "If I…
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Mystery Glimpse: Who And Where?

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Hint: 1950 Can you spot who this is dashing through the poles? Might be easy. But where and what event and what's the significance? That's the challenge. Note your replies in Comments, just scroll down. Thanks to the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum…
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That Old Ski Poster on the Wall

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Vintage ski posters are a fixture in many ski chalets and lodges. Since the late 1990s, their values at auction have increased. To learn more about their history and their values, we interviewed Nicholas D. Lowry, President and Principal Auctioneer of…
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Tread Of Pioneers: A Blast From the Past

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Quaint Museum Reveals Steamboat Spring's Rich History. In 1947 an AP dispatch to 1,000 daily papers dubbed Steamboat Springs, Colo., “Ski Town, USA” with the declaration that of its 1,700 residents, 1,685 were skiers. The others were children…
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A Tribute To Warren Miller (1924-2018)

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At Sometime In The Past, You Watched A Warren Miller Film That Made A Difference In Your Life. Remembering Warren Miller: In His Own Words
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How Wheaties Affected The 1936 Olympics

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The Breakfast of Champions Kept Champion Ski Jumper Alf Engen From Competing. Legendary extreme athlete Alf Engen, known as the greatest all-around skier ever, was a champion soccer player, skier and ski jumper. During the 1930s, he set ski jumping…
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Mystery Glimpse: Who’s This Unhappy Fella?

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Our Next Mystery Photo Is Someone Who Became A Ski Celebrity. If you think you know who you think this guy is, write your guess in COMMENTS below, just scoll down. We'll reveal the answer next week. Credit: SKIING Magazine Last Week's Mystery…
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The Midget. The Mountain. The Girl.

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The Midget Was Brand-New And The Color Of Ballpark Mustard. No more than 200 miles on the odometer, when the idiot trying to pass me spun out of control and totaled my new MG Midget. That was 1970, and looking back, maybe I was the idiot for driving…
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