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NW Skier, Vol. 9, No. 2 - Mission Ridge ready to open; cross-country skiing
Published: 10/28/66 Topics: Comments: 0
Mission Ridge ski area is scheduled to open December 1 with two double chairlifts and a new $250,000 lodge. Walt Hampton is the ski area manager. Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 8, No. 12 - North Cascades Report
Published: 03/25/66 Topics: Comments: 0
The North Cascades Study Team report fails to consider the growing need of skiers for developed facilities, argues the author. At Senator Jackson's recent public hearings, F.D. (Skip) Voorhees of Renton's Milmanco Corp., PNSA president Max Meyring, and consulting geologist Bob Grant testified to this effect. They have studied at least fifteen potential Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 8, No. 1 - Whistler Mountain ready to open
Published: 10/15/65 Topics: Comments: 0
Whistler Mountain is expected to open before Christmas with a sedan lift from the highway at the 2,100 foot level to the 4,100 foot level. From there Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 7, No. 8 - Step-in bindings
Published: 11/27/64 Topics: Comments: 0
Step-in bindings appear for the first time in an advertisement for the Contact Skimatic binding from Germany, which "makes side hitches and cables obsolete." On page Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 6, No. 24 - Hans Gmoser on ski touring
Published: 03/27/64 Topics: Comments: 0
Hans Gmoser of Calgary, Alberta, says, "They [the ski magazines] speak of the revival of ski touring. There is no need to revive ski touring, it has never been dead!" Every spring Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 6, No. 19 - Ski boom: new and proposed ski areas
Published: 02/21/64 Topics: Comments: 0
As evidence that skiing is booming in the Northwest, this article notes that Mt Bachelor, Anthony Lakes, Mt Ashland, Crystal Mountain, Mt Pilchuck, Schweitzer Basin, Brundage Mountain, Hyak, Tod Mountain and Big White were little more than ideas just five years ago. It is unlikely that Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 3, No. 17 - Whistler Mountain Olympic bid
Published: 02/21/64 Topics: Comments: 0
As evidence that skiing is booming in the Northwest, this article notes that Mt Bachelor, Anthony Lakes, Mt Ashland, Crystal Mountain, Mt Pilchuck, Schweitzer Basin, Brundage Mountain, Hyak, Tod Mountain and Big White were li Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 6, No. 11 - Silver Skis revival at Crystal Mountain
Published: 12/20/63 Topics: Comments: 0
A third chairlift (in Green Valley), a ski jump, the new Silver Skis Chalet, and other improvements have been added at Crystal Mountain. According to this article, almost 1,000 Washington families bought stock in the development of the ski area. A 2-3/4 mile downhill race course has been cut. The course will be Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 6, No. 10 - "Ski Nanny"
Published: 12/13/63 Topics: Comments: 0
Seattle KING-TV's cartooning weather man, Bob Cram, will host a new half-hour weekly ski program, "Ski Nanny," Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 5, No. 21 - Ski lift stories
Published: 11/15/63 Topics: Comments: 0
The editor laments that skiers and mountaineers find themselves in opposition on wilderness and National Parks. He blames this on the conservation clubs for opposing permanent ski lifts of Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 6, No. 4 - Duke Watson letter re: North Cascades park
Published: 11/01/63 Topics: Comments: 0
R. Duke Watson challenges the USSA's position on a national park in the North Cascades. He cites as Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 6, No. 3 - Mission Ridge ski area proposal
Published: 10/25/63 Topics: Comments: 0
Stockholders of Wenatchee Mountain, Inc., gave formal approval to plans for development of a ski area in upper Squilchuck Basin on Mission Ridge Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 6, No. 2 - Mt Pilchuck; North Cascades park study; buckle boots
Published: 10/18/63 Topics: Comments: 0
All major boot manufacturers have added at least one new buckle boot to their product lines this season. Buckle boots have been available for a few Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 5, No. 3 - Overnight facilities at Mt Rainier
Published: 10/18/63 Topics: Comments: 0
NW Skier, Vol. 5, No. 24 - 1st Crystal Mountain season, poor snow year
Published: 03/29/63 Topics: Comments: 0
Snow depths during the winter of 1962-63 were the lowest in forty years. Despite the poor winter, Crystal's gross revenues were 70 percent of the original estimates and plans are being discussed for a third chairlift in Green Valley. On page 1 is an aerial photo of the ski area with Mt Rainier in the background. Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 5, No. 20 - One million Northwest ski area visits in 1962
Published: 03/01/63 Topics: Comments: 0
There are twenty-nine National Forest ski areas in the Pacific Northwest region. These areas recorded more than one million Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 5, No. 18 - Stevens Pass 25th anniversary, history
Published: 02/15/63 Topics: Comments: 0
This article has a good summary of how the Stevens Pass ski area got started in 1937, including the role of the Wenatchee and Everett chambers of commerce, early access by road Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 4, No. 6 - Sun Valley 25th anniversary, history
Published: 02/15/63 Topics: Comments: 0
This article has a good summary of how the Stevens Pass ski area got started in 1937, including the role of the Wenatchee and Everett chambers of commerce, early access by road and train, and development of lodges and rope tows. This information can be found in other sources I've reviewed, but perhaps not so co Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 5, No. 12 - Release bindings; Marcel Schuster
Published: 01/04/63 Topics: Comments: 0
During the past ten years release bindings have come into popular use in hope of reducing injuries caused by excessive Read more
NW Skier, Vol. 5, No. 10 - Arnold Lunn returns to the Northwest
Published: 12/21/62 Topics: Comments: 0
Sir Arnold Lunn, inventor of Alpine ski racing, visited Timberline Lodge twenty-five years after his first visit in 1937. Lunn expressed displeasure at Read more
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