Do you know a great story behind how your favorite ski area came to be?
List it here!

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Kelly
"Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been." ~ Jimmy Buffett

My home mountain, Sugarloaf (Maine), has a great story. In fact, a great big coffee table book about it just got published last year: The Story of Sugarloaf by John Christie.

After WWII, Amos Winter (yep, that was his name!) and a bunch of his friends, now referred to as the "Bigelow Boys" (after the mountain range in which Sugarloaf is located) were hunting down the perfect mountain and location for a few ski runs. It was a long hike back in from the main road to the base of Sugarloaf Mountain, but "this is the place!" They began cutting a trail, and for the 1949-1950 season, Sugarloaf was "born!" One trail....

The rest of the story is in the book! Which is in my closet awaiting DH's birthday next month!

Anyway, the place has a lot of history, and that one trail is now "Winter's Way" (among 100+ others) - and it's a gnarly one up top!!

Lots of history, and the first time I ever skied there, before moving out here, they were busy celebrating their 50th birthday!!

Vail has a great history.....embedded within it are the makings of the Elite 10th Mountain Division skiers of WWII. As with MANY ski areas in Colorado, much of the ski industry and ski resorts here were started by 10th Mountain Division Skiers that fell in love with our state.

One of those people was a man names Peter Seibert, a former member of the 10th Mountain Division and the primary founder of Vail.

You can read more about the History of Vail Here:

History of Vail, Colorado

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Kelly
"Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been." ~ Jimmy Buffett