Showing posts with label Skiing rope motors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skiing rope motors. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Three cranky New York businessmen inspired the creation of that first rope tow on Jan. 28, 1934. The New Yorkers were staying at the White Cupboard Inn two miles north of Woodstock, Vt.

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Over lunch they complained to the owners, Elizabeth and Robert Royce, about paying $40 each for the privilege of climbing up a mountain in o...
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In 1947, Skiing Hall of Fame member, and Marine Corps vet, Walt Schoenknecht, created Mohawk Mountain Ski Area in northwestern Connecticut. Thanks M Currie!

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In the 1930s skiing became a popular pastime at Mohawk State Park in Cornwall, located in the state’s northwest corner. Roads previously bu...
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Saturday, February 12, 2022

The Pittsburgh Ski Club was founded on December 10, 1937

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The resort dates to the mid-1930s, one of the oldest ski areas in the United States, founded by German immigrants Adolph and Helen Dupre. Th...

Santa Fe Ski Basin is a major ski resort located in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, It is the southernmost major ski resort of the Rocky Mountains, and one of the oldest and highest in the nation

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In 1936, the first rope tow in New Mexico, powered by a Packard sedan engine, was installed at the future site of the resort, overseen by Ro...

I just read about a Packard engine powering a ski slope, and that got me out looking on the internet to see where that was... it turns out, a LOT of ski slopes in the late 30s used Packard engines!

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During the 1930's, some residents of Indiana, Grand Rapids and Cadillac were participating in winter sports, and were interested in star...
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Monday, January 21, 2019

Dave McCoy tried to use his motorcycle as collateral in 1938 for a bank loan to pay for a tow rope at Mammoth Mountain ski resort, to replace the Model A tow ropes they were using.

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McCoy founded California's Mammoth Mountain ski resort, one of the country's top ski resorts, it  covers 3,500 acres and employ...