Steamboat
Epic! That word is spoken enthusiastically on powder days in Steamboat. My backcountry companions say it often; we can be a bit smug about our tele excursions into unofficial terrain like Way Right, Drunken Indian, Storm King and North Woods. But the truth is, Back in the Day, Loris and Buddy Werner and their friends had truly epic ski adventures. In the 1950s, they’d drive up Rabbit Ears to the top of Hogan Park Trail… before it was a marked Forest Service route. They’d put skins over their alpine skis and break trail all the way to what is now Morningside. That’s seven miles. Once there, they’d build a snow cave, light a fire and settle in for the night.
Epic! That word is spoken enthusiastically on powder days in Steamboat. My backcountry companions say it often; we can be a bit smug about our tele excursions into unofficial terrain like Way Right, Drunken Indian, Storm King and North Woods. But the truth is, Back in the Day, Loris and Buddy Werner and their friends had truly epic ski adventures. In the 1950s, they’d drive up Rabbit Ears to the top of Hogan Park Trail… before it was a marked Forest Service route. They’d put skins over their alpine skis and break trail all the way to what is now Morningside. That’s seven miles. Once there, they’d build a snow cave, light a fire and settle in for the night.
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©Ron Dahlquist<br />
Park Smalley<br />
Courtesy Ruth McClelland<br />
Back: Rudi Schnackberg, Vern Greco, Don Oakland,<br />
Darlene Kuntz, Michael Hoy, Judy Wachob, Al King,<br />
Bob Dapper, Tyler Gooding, Nancy Gray. Front: Barbi<br />
Wither, Suzy Good, Ruth McClelland, Heather DeVos<br />
Jeremy Allen<br />
Courtesy Park Smalley<br />
Courtesy Ruth McClelland<br />
©Ron Dahlquist<br />
Ronni Connelly, Carol Jarcow and Loris Werner.<br />
Thundermug Race 1969<br />
©Ron Dahlquist<br />
Wayne Ritter<br />
©Ron Dahlquist<br />
©Ron Dahlquist<br />
Tom & Allison Barr<br />
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