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Hosting ski races was simultaneous with opening ski slopes, and that was not a coincidence. The formation of the Aspen Ski Club was encouraged by André Roch during his time in Aspen advising the Highland...
If you glance at the attached illustration, you might think it is the lower terminal of Aspen’s gondola. Tramways have been around since the invention of wire rope. The change is what they are hauling....
As war raged on in Europe in 1941, Aspen’s evolution into a ski town also was underway, Tim Willoughby reports in this week’s “Legends & Legacies.”
Before Ruthies Run’s ceremonious debut in 1948, ski runs were fewer and narrower on Aspen Mountain, reports Tim Willoughby in this week’s “Legends & Legacies.”
The Aspen Skiing Company is celebrating a 75th anniversary on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The company has pegged the anniversary to the official opening celebration of Aspen Mountain’s original lifts, Lift One and Lift Two, held on Jan. 11, 1947. Tim Willoughby remembers how his uncle and father help build the lifts, which began spinning on Dec. 14, 1946.