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Carol Van Dyke had the answer to last week’s trivia question. The Friday program started in the 1951-52 ski season, making this year the program’s 70th anniversary.

Where did you learn to ski? No, I didn’t mean that as a critique, I meant at what ski area did you learn to ski? I’m interested in where you

Where did you learn to ski? No, I didn’t mean that as a critique, I meant at what ski area did you learn to ski? I’m interested in where you

I became addicted to skiing in the 1960s when I was in college. Part of that addiction included devouring ski magazines. In those days there were two mainstream ski magazines,

Greg Morrill Earl Eaton was born Dec. 10, 1922, in Eagle, Colo. Like most families in the Eagle River Valley, the Eatons scratched out a living through farming, ranching and logging. In the early 1900s, the valley was actually one of the largest growers of lettuce in the United States. Earl began skiing as a child after his father made him skis. By 7 years old, Earl was already skiing what now is Beaver Creek. He grew up hunting, hiking and skiing the nearby mountains. In 1940, Earl went to wor...

Forty five years ago, the 1976 Winter Olympics were held in Innsbruck, Austria.