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Tag Archives: Winter Park colorado
Ski-Bum Winter #2, Alta and Sun Valley, 1960-61
My first ski-bum winter was spent at Winter Park, CO, in 1959/60. For my second ski-bum winter, I got a job at the Peruvian Lodge, at Alta UT. The employees were housed on the unfinished third floor. My roommate was … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s, Personal history, Photography, Skiing
Tagged alf engen, alta utah, ernest hemingway, fred lindholm, jim mcconkey, ketchum idaho, mammoth mountain california, mark twains cabin, mt. timpanogos, new zealand, peruvian lodge alta utah, seattle, shane mcconkey, Skiing, sun valley idaho, twin falls idaho, wells nv, Winter Park colorado, Yosemite
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Lassen Volcanic National Park – Summer, 1959
During the winter of 1958-59, I was working in the advertising business in New York City – just like you see in the show “Madmen”. The ad agency, McCarty Co., was located in the Chanin Bldg., on the corner of … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, Fishing, Hiking, Personal history, Photography, Skiing, Uncategorized
Tagged Berkeley california, brook trout, bumpas hell, hat creek california, Lassen Volcanic National park, manzanita lake, mount lassen, shasta lake, sulphur works, university of california berkeley, Winter Park colorado
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Ski-Bum Winter #1, Winter Park, CO – 1959/60
Making a second stab at getting a college education, I enrolled at the University of California – Berkeley, for the fall semester of 1959. Also enrolled was Deanna Forbes, who I had met that summer, when we were both employed at the Manzanita … Continue reading
Posted in Personal history, Skiing
Tagged 1959, Bradley XPG1 grooming machine, cranmer run, kristi cat, Winter Park colorado
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