The snow-laden slopes of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains have beckoned Southland skiers since the 1930s. Many once-cherished ski areas have disappeared, yet their history remains. A short drive from the sun and sand, places like Rebel Ridge and Kratka Ridge offered snowy escapes. Thrilling races were held at the First International Pine Needle Ski Tournament in North Hollywood, while the San Diego Ski Club boasted Dorothy McClung Wullich, the first female member of the National Ski Patrol. Ingrid Wicken, ski historian and founder of the California Ski Library, chronicles Southern ... Read More
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The snow-laden slopes of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains have beckoned Southland skiers since the 1930s. Many once-cherished ski areas have disappeared, yet their history remains. A short drive from the sun and sand, places like Rebel Ridge and Kratka Ridge offered snowy escapes. Thrilling races were held at the First International Pine Needle Ski Tournament in North Hollywood, while the San Diego Ski Club boasted Dorothy McClung Wullich, the first female member of the National Ski Patrol. Ingrid Wicken, ski historian and founder of the California Ski Library, chronicles Southern ... Read More
The snow-laden slopes of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains have beckoned Southland skiers since the 1930s. Many once-cherished ski areas have disappeared, yet their history remains. A short drive from the sun and sand, places like Rebel Ridge and Kratka Ridge offered snowy escapes. Thrilling races were held at the First International Pine Needle Ski Tournament in North Hollywood, while the San Diego Ski Club boasted Dorothy McClung Wullich, the first female member of the National Ski Patrol. Ingrid Wicken, ski historian and founder of the California Ski Library, chronicles Southern California's lost mountain getaways and the vanished ski areas that introduced everything from rope tows to artificial snow.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Lost
Publication Date: 9th October 2012
State: California
Illustration Note: 100% Mono
ISBN: 9781609493875
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports SPORTS & RECREATION / Skiing HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Author Bio
Ingrid P. Wicken is an award-winning author and leading authority on the history of skiing in California. She has written four books, including 50 Years of Flight: Ski Jumping in California. In 2004, she founded the California Ski Library (www.skilibrary.com), one of the finest collections of books, historic photographs, magazines, annuals, brochures, catalogues, programs, newsletters and other ephemera in the United States. She is a professor emerita of kinesiology at Moreno Valley College.
The snow-laden slopes of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains have beckoned Southland skiers since the 1930s. Many once-cherished ski areas have disappeared, yet their history remains. A short drive from the sun and sand, places like Rebel Ridge and Kratka Ridge offered snowy escapes. Thrilling races were held at the First International Pine Needle Ski Tournament in North Hollywood, while the San Diego Ski Club boasted Dorothy McClung Wullich, the first female member of the National Ski Patrol. Ingrid Wicken, ski historian and founder of the California Ski Library, chronicles Southern California's lost mountain getaways and the vanished ski areas that introduced everything from rope tows to artificial snow.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Lost
Publication Date: 9th October 2012
State: California
Illustrations Note: 100% Mono
ISBN: 9781609493875
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports SPORTS & RECREATION / Skiing HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Ingrid P. Wicken is an award-winning author and leading authority on the history of skiing in California. She has written four books, including 50 Years of Flight: Ski Jumping in California. In 2004, she founded the California Ski Library (www.skilibrary.com), one of the finest collections of books, historic photographs, magazines, annuals, brochures, catalogues, programs, newsletters and other ephemera in the United States. She is a professor emerita of kinesiology at Moreno Valley College.
