Skiing Sun Valley

Author : John W. Lundin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467143936

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Skiing Sun Valley: A History from Union Pacific to the Holdings by John W. Lundin Pdf

Union Pacific Railroad's Averell Harriman had a bold vision to restore rail passenger traffic decimated by the Great Depression: create ski tourism in Idaho's remote Wood River Valley. A $1.5 million investment opened Sun Valley in December 1936 with a lavish lodge, luxury shopping, Austrian ski instructors and extensive backcountry skiing. Prestigious tournaments featured the world's best skiers. Chairlifts invented by Union Pacific engineers serviced skiers quickly and comfortably. Ski instructor and filmmaker Otto Lang recalled that seemingly overnight, it became "a magnet for the 'beautiful people,' a meeting place for movie stars and moguls, chairmen and captains of industry, Greek shipping tycoons, and peripatetic playboys--and playgirls--of the international social set." After World War II and Harriman's departure, Union Pacific's willingness to pay the $500,000 yearly subsidy waned. Bill Janss purchased it in 1964 and reimagined it as a year-round resort but lacked the capital for growth. Sinclair Oil owners Earl and Carol Holding acquired it in 1977, revitalizing it into a premier resort with international status. Award-winning ski historian John W. Lundin celebrates America's first destination ski resort using unpublished Union Pacific documents, oral histories, contemporaneous accounts and more than 150 historic images.

Author : Kellie Coates Gilbert
Publisher : Amnos Media Group
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780998523811

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Sisters by Kellie Coates Gilbert Pdf

Set in America’s original ski resort, Sun Valley, Idaho—SISTERS offers a thought-provoking look at three women . . . and the choices they make when they realize their lives aren’t exactly what they expected. Karyn Macadam is starting over after losing her husband to a skiing accident. A chance encounter with a backcountry pilot might be this young widow’s one shot at a new beginning, but only if she can let go of the past. Leigh Ann Blackburn is the perfect wife, until her husband grows more distant and she believes the worst. An outrageous plan to save her marriage turns the situation on its head and she soon learns not everything is as it seems. Joie Abbott, who always finds a way to mess up her life, has done it yet again. This time a bitter betrayal threatens to expose a heartache she desperately wants to keep secret, especially from her family. Through romance and heartbreak, laughter and tears . . . life is always better with your sisters at your side.

Author : John W. Lundin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439670347

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Sun Valley, Ketchum, and the Wood River Valley by John W. Lundin Pdf

Sun Valley and Ketchum are in Idaho's Wood River Valley, gateway to backcountry and wilderness areas. Settlers first arrived in the early 1880s, attracted by a silver rush. In 1883, the railroad connected the valley to the world beyond its borders and brought in outside capital. During the silver depression of the 1890s, mining was replaced by sheep raising, and the area later shipped more sheep than anywhere except Australia. In 1936, during the Great Depression, Union Pacific board chairman Averell Harriman built Sun Valley, the country's first destination ski resort, spending $2.5 million in two years ($45 million today). Sun Valley offered a lavish lifestyle, a luxurious lodge, Austrian ski instructors, and chairlifts invented by Union Pacific engineers. Known as America's St. Moritz, it was a magnet for beautiful people and serious skiers. It had a monopoly on grandeur for decades and influenced ski areas that developed later. Subsequent owners Bill Janss and the Holding family expanded and improved Sun Valley, making it one of the world's premier year-round resorts.

Author : John W. Lundin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439671757

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Skiing Sun Valley by John W. Lundin Pdf

Union Pacific Railroad's Averell Harriman had a bold vision to restore rail passenger traffic decimated by the Great Depression: create ski tourism in Idaho's remote Wood River Valley. A $1.5 million investment opened Sun Valley in December 1936 with a lavish lodge, luxury shopping, Austrian ski instructors and extensive backcountry skiing. Prestigious tournaments featured the world's best skiers. Chairlifts invented by Union Pacific engineers serviced skiers quickly and comfortably. Ski instructor and filmmaker Otto Lang recalled that seemingly overnight, it became "a magnet for the 'beautiful people,' a meeting place for movie stars and moguls, chairmen and captains of industry, Greek shipping tycoons, and peripatetic playboys--and playgirls--of the international social set." After World War II and Harriman's departure, Union Pacific's willingness to pay the $500,000 yearly subsidy waned. Bill Janss purchased it in 1964 and reimagined it as a year-round resort but lacked the capital for growth. Sinclair Oil owners Earl and Carol Holding acquired it in 1977, revitalizing it into a premier resort with international status. Award-winning ski historian John W. Lundin celebrates America's first destination ski resort using unpublished Union Pacific documents, oral histories, contemporaneous accounts and more than 150 historic images.

Author : Friedl Pfeifer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Skis and skiing
ISBN : PSU:000024892124

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The Sun Valley Ski Book by Friedl Pfeifer Pdf

Author : Van Gordon Sauter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-18
Category : Sun Valley (Idaho)
ISBN : 0983447020

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The Sun Valley Story by Van Gordon Sauter Pdf

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Sun Valley's founding, respected journalist, distinguished television executive, and renowned raconteur Van Gordon Sauter tells the remarkable story of the transformation of a remote Idaho mountain valley into America's first luxury ski resort and, eventually, one of the country's most beloved year-round vacation retreats. His fascinating anecdotal history is constructed around the personal passions and signal contributions of the resort's three successive owners: New York aristocrat and Union Pacific Railroad chairman Averell Harriman, Los Angeles land developer and Olympic skier Bill Janss, and self-made Salt Lake City oil man and hotel magnate Earl Holding. Sauter lavishes special attention on recounting how Harriman's founding vision was, with breathtaking alacrity over eleven months in 1936, translated into the unique, opulent, and acclaimed reality that formed the enduring base for the spectacular resort we know today.Splendidly endowed by both nature and culture, Sun Valley and its environs are surrounded by four magnificent mountain ranges (one incorporating Bald Mountain, regarded by many as the premier ski mountain in the world) that are watered by four diverse, revered fishing streams, their beauty protected forever by virtue of their abiding largely on federal lands. It possesses a colorful history that includes Native Americans, fur trappers, late-19th century miners and railroaders, early-20th century sheep barons, and, since the 1930's, a low key but glamorous life that has drawn not only the top European and domestic figures in the sport of skiing but also the rich, the celebrated, and the accomplished-among them Ernest Hemingway and Marilyn Monroe, the founders of Facebook and Microsoft, and the author of this book's foreword, Clint Eastwood, to name a few-to this exceptional place. Complementing Sauter's lively text is an offering of stunning vintage and contemporary images, many of them fresh to print, that capture the landscape, the history, and the individuals that have and continue to make Sun Valley an American original.

Author : Heather Hansman
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781488069055

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Powder Days by Heather Hansman Pdf

*A Boston Globe Bestseller!* *An Outside Magazine Book Club Pick!* *Winner of the International Ski Association's Ullr Book Award!* "A sparkling account."—Wall Street Journal An electrifying adventure into the rich history of skiing and the modern heart of ski-bum culture, from one of America's most preeminent ski journalists The story of skiing is, in many ways, the story of America itself. Blossoming from the Tenth Mountain Division in World War II, the sport took hold across the country, driven by adventurers seeking the rush of freedom that only cold mountain air could provide. As skiing gained in popularity, mom-and-pop backcountry hills gave way to groomed trails and eventually the megaresorts of today. Along the way, the pioneers and diehards—the ski bums—remained the beating heart of the scene. Veteran ski journalist and former ski bum Heather Hansman takes readers on an exhilarating journey into the hidden history of American skiing, offering a glimpse into an underexplored subculture from the perspective of a true insider. Hopping from Vermont to Colorado, Montana to West Virginia, Hansman profiles the people who have built their lives around a cold-weather obsession. Along the way she reckons with skiing's problematic elements and investigates how the sport is evolving in the face of the existential threat of climate change.

Author : John W. Lundin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439663035

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Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass by John W. Lundin Pdf

Relive the exciting early days of skiing when Snoqualmie Pass was the epicenter of the sport. Ski jumping tournaments attracted world-class competitors to Cle Elum, Beaver Lake on the Summit and the Milwaukee Ski Bowl. The Mountaineers' twenty-mile race from Snoqualmie to Stampede Pass, dubbed "the world's longest and hardest race," was a pinnacle of cross-country skiing. Alpine skiing began in private ski clubs and expanded in 1934 with the country's first municipal ski area, known as the Seattle Municipal Ski Park. And the sport peaked when the Milwaukee Ski Bowl at Hyak opened in 1938. With train access, a modern ski lodge, an overhead cable lift and free ski lessons from the Seattle Times, the Ski Bowl revolutionized local skiing. Lawyer and local ski historian John W. Lundin follows the historic tracks through the genesis of American skiing.

Author : U.S. Olympic Women Cross-Country Skiers 1972-2018
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578963329

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Trail to Gold by U.S. Olympic Women Cross-Country Skiers 1972-2018 Pdf

Fifty-three American women have participated in cross-country skiing in the Winter Olympics between the years of 1972 and 2018. In 2018, forty-six years after the first team competed, Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall won Olympic gold in the Team Sprint, in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the first Olympic medal for U.S. women's cross-country skiing. Five decades of women skiers stood up and cheered, celebrating this long sought after achievement. This book shares the collective journey of these women Olympians, with the skiers themselves telling the story. Part I combines individual stories along a variety of themes, to collectively demonstrate the challenges of competing against the best in the world. In Part II, virtually every one of the fifty-three wrote her own profile to describe her skiing career and post-Olympic life. Photographs throughout put faces with the stories and add vibrancy to the narrative. The anecdotes in Trail to Gold: The Journey of 53 Women Skiers, paint the picture of women's cross-country skiing over 50 years--a fascinating history recorded in personal heartbreak and triumph and in fun vignettes from life on the trail.

Author : Dorice Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Skis and skiing
ISBN : 0960521208

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Sun Valley by Dorice Taylor Pdf

Author : Bank Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0911449043

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How to Ski Sun Valley by Bank Wright Pdf

Author : Cristina Ceccatelli Cook
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : Cookbooks
ISBN : 1423600487

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Cristina's of Sun Valley by Cristina Ceccatelli Cook Pdf

Nestled in a charming European-style bistro, on a small street in the world-famous ski resort of Sun Valley, Cristina's Restaurant has been serving up seasonal and delicious fare for over eleven years. Cristina and her staff have been cooking and baking for customers that include locals, celebrities, politicians, CEOs and cosmopolitan travelers. She draws upon her memories and experiences of growing up in rural Tuscany, where her family recipes have been passed down from one generation to the next. Now enthusiastic customers will finally be able to prepare more than 75 favorites such as Hungarian Mushroom Soup, San Francisco Airport Salad, and Artichokes with Tomato & Shallot Topping, or enjoy Bread & Tomatoes, Limoncello, and Bacelli & Pecorino--dishes rich in tradition and fresh in their approach. "Cristina brings her sense of classic Italian cooking and sophistication to bear on all that she touches, and her superb restaurant is a rare treat in these mountains." --Jann Wenner, Editor and Publisher, Rolling Stone

Author : Wendolyn Holland
Publisher : SkyHouse Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997-12
Category : Sun Valley (Idaho)
ISBN : 1560445874

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Sun Valley by Wendolyn Holland Pdf

The best history of the Sun Valley area to hit the shelves in 20 years, this gorgeous coffeetable book captures the glamour of the West's premier ski resort and places its story within the context of the history of the larger American West. As author Wendolyn Holland notes in her introduction, Sun Valley is an American fantasy, "of skiers flashing through deep powder ..., of nights in front of a crackling fire-of a world apart". This thoroughly researched history looks behind the fantasy to reveal a remarkable place and the people who helped make it extraordinary. Sumptuously produced, Sun Valley features vintage maps and more than 300 historic photos.

Author : John Clarkson Jay
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Skis and ski-running
ISBN : UOM:39015000623234

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Skiing the Americas by John Clarkson Jay Pdf

Author : Otto Lang
Publisher : Globe Pequot Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018479357

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A Bird of Passage by Otto Lang Pdf

Otto Lang had a summer home near St. Ignatius and was a ski pioneer, who directed the famed Sun Valley Ski School. The legendary skier also was a film director.