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Ski tow warming house located across from the tow on the Whittaker Ranch. It was built at the same time the ski tow was put in. Gordon Whittaker had it built; Purley Bertrock may have been the actual builder. The original roof was flatter.
2) Vail Gondola
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A publicity shot for Vail Associates showing the Vail gondola in the summertime.
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The ski tow building at Camp Hale with circular tow mechanism clearly visible. Patchy snow on the ground
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
4) Vail
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Aerial view of Vail, Colorado, including ski slopes.
Verso: "Vail Village about 1985-1990. In 1948 we walked up the mt. and skied down."--Mayo Lanning
Caption: Vail Mountain, the largest ski mountain in North America, seen from the air. 213 - Photo by Peter Runyon, Peter Runyon Postcards Inc., Box 1441 Vail, Colorado 81658.
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The ski tow warming house located across from the tow on the Whittaker Ranch. The paint was added in 1989 by Joe Carter. Joe also added a small bathroom. Joe and Mary Ann Carter lived in the cabin for three summers until the ranch was sold.
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Mid-1950s photo of the Eagle ski tow, located above Sunset View Cemetery in Eagle, Colorado, on the Cole Black Ranch. Some call the ski hill "Cemetery Hill."
The boy standing on the top of the mountain looking at the camera, in the black coat, is Skip (Melvin) Chambers, son of Glen Chambers. Immediately below him on the hill in the reddish sweater is John Buchholz. The girl farthest down the hill in the red sweater is Susan Koonce.
The ski tow,...
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Original ski tow location on Whittaker Ranch. Three elk are standing at the bottom of the hill.
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The warming house across from the ski tow on Whittaker Ranch, Bruce Creek. The cabin was used by Mary Ann Whittaker Carter and Joe Carter as a summer home in the 1980s before the ranch sold.
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The original ski tow location on Whittaker Ranch, Bruce Creek. The tow was later moved to Eagle.
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The original ranch house on the Whittaker Ranch, built by Charles Zartman (circa 1906). The ski tow warning house is in the left background.
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Photo postcard showing skiiers carrying skis to the tow at Ski Cooper, near Leadville. Cooper Hill is where the 10th Mountain Division trained while at Camp Hale.
Verso: "Bob--this is where we skiied [sic.] near Gilman, Colorado, where they trained the Army before going to Europe. This before 1950. Tennessee Pass on Rt. 24."
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Ski troops training at Cooper Hill, Camp Hale. Rope tow used, centerground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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The Whittaker ski area on the Whittaker Place at Bruce Creek in the late 1940s. The man standing with his back to the camera on the left is Wayne Randall. Next to him are his cousins, Roxie "Mickie" Randall (sitting down) and Jo Ann Whittaker (standing and laughing). The girl with the scarf on her head at midground is Donna Randall.
Wayne is the son of Les and Florence Randall. He helped to build the ski tow.-- Kathy Heicher, 2011.
14) Copper Mountain
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A view of Copper Mountain taken at the bottom near the ski lifts. Taken in 1987.
16) Ski lift at Vail
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One of the original ski lifts that left from Vail in the mid to late 1960s.
17) Ski lift at Vail
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One of the original ski lifts that left from Vail in the mid to late 1960s.
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A view of Vail and the Gore Creek Valley, taken from atop one of the original ski lifts that left from the town. Taken in the mid to late 1960s.
19) Rolland Randall
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Rolland Randall standing at the top of chair lift #2 in Vail, Colorado, in December of 1981.
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"Number 6 chairlift and Bell Mountain ski slopes from Midway Point, Aspen Mountain. View east toward Continental Divide."
