June 4, 1969 - Colorado's Continental Divide, Loveland Pass, and Arapahoe Basin

The film features the following: "Loveland Pass, Continental Divide, Arapahoe Basin, June 4th- the last day of skiing, ski yachting, Dillon Lake - yachting and skiing race, 25 gate slalom course, ski bobs, Willie Schaeffler riding a ski bob while demonstrating how a canoe ski sailor can navigate the course, Jim Mckenzie, Springtime ski Touring (advertising), Schaeffler Ski School sign, Ridge race, Jean Saubert timing races, Rick Schaffey- US Olympic Team, Dennis McCoy, Terry Oberylyn- race winner and member of Norwegian team, Willy Schaeffler Ski School classes, Willie teaches, kids racing, ski instructors chase each other with a snowcat and some are disguised as Russian agents.
The metadata sheet states this film may have been created during the 1970's or possibly 1969.
Object ID: 2005.77.9

[@bowldsbr]

I am the kid in the race course wearing bib #1. I look to be about 10 yrs. old in this video so I'm thinking it was filmed around 1966. My father, Lou Bowlds, founded this kids program called the Ski JETS and was a business partner of Willy's. We were all kids from Denver and it was the best program going for young Denverite skiers. The top skier to come out of this program was Johnny Buxman who subsequently moved to Vail, made the US Ski Team, and raced World Cup in the Thoeni/Stenmark era. My father also founded the Rocky Mountain News Ski School. He arranged for multiple buses to transport adult skiers from Denver to A-Basin for ski lessons. I think it was like $20 for 4 lessons which included the lessons, lift tickets, and transportation from Denver. What a deal!!

[@coloradosnowsportsmuseuman9394]

Wow -- we're so happy this reached you and are grateful for your comment. We'd love to add more details like this to the official catalog record for the film. Feel free to reach out if you have more to add - [e-mail].

[@ptr1537]

Brian how you doing? Where you at these days?

[@C.Hawkshaw]

🔥 🔥🔥

[@humanbeing2420]

Wow - This is awesome.

[@europeanarchitects]

Skiing season from November to June! Stupid climate hoaxers, you see nothing has changed! My favorite time to go skiing is still in June!

[@Landwy1]

Head metal skis, but about a year before Lange plastic boots were introduced. I would have been about the age of the kids skiing in the video, but I was skiing at Loveland and Geneva Basin most of the time. I can't believe how badly women were treated as sexual objects to be conquered. It would be difficult for men of the 1960s to accept that the best skier in the world in 2024 is female (Mikaela Shiffrin).