Skiing Sun Valley : a history from Union Pacific to the Holdings / John W. Lundin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lundin, John W., author.

Series:

Sports Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ski resorts--Idaho--Sun Valley--History.

Ski resorts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2020.

Summary:

Union Pacific Railroad's Averell Harriman had a bold vision to restore rail passenger traffic decimated by the Great Depression: create ski tourism in Idaho's remote Wood River Valley.A 1.5 million investment opened Sun Valley in December 1936 with a lavish lodge, luxury shopping, Austrian ski instructors and extensive backcountry skiing.

Contents:

Intro

Half Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part One. Union Pacific and Averell Harriman Struggle with the Great Depression

1. Harriman Fortune Was Based on the Union Pacific Railroad

2. 1932: Averell Harriman Becomes Union Pacific's Board Chair, Looks for Ways to Increase Passenger Revenue

Part Two. Averell Harriman and Union Pacific Build an American St. Moritz

3. 1935: Harriman Decides to Build a Ski Resort and Sends Count Schaffgotsch to Find a Site

4. Harriman Begins a Fast-Track Process to Acquire Property, Plan a Ski Resort, and Convince the Union Pacific Board to Approve His Project

5. Harriman and Friends Plan the Sun Valley Resort

6. Sun Valley Lodge Is Built, Chairlifts Are Designed and Installed on Dollar and Ruud Mountains

Part Three. Sun Valley Opens December 1936, Changing Skiing in This Country

7. December 1936: Sun Valley Resort Opens to Great Acclaim

8. Skiing on Proctor and Dollar Mountains and in the Backcountry around Sun Valley

9. 1937: Sun Valley Sponsors the Country's First Major International Alpine Ski Competition and Is a Success in Its First Year

10. Summer and Fall 1937: The Village and Challenger Inn Are Built: A Ski Jump and Lift Are Built on Ruud Mountain

11. 1938: Challenger Inn and Village Open

Women Race in Harriman Cup

Dick Durrance Locates Race Course on Warm Springs

12. Sun Valley Expands Its Backcountry Skiing with Sno-Cats and Huts

13. Harriman Finds His Man: Pat Rogers Is Hired as Sun Valley's Manager

14. 1939: Friedl Pfeifer Takes Over Ski School

Harriman Cup Downhill Is Held on Bald Mountain

15. Bald Mountain Is Prepared for Skiing: Three Chairlifts Are Installed

Otto Lang Joins Ski School

16. Sun Valley Attracts the Rich, Famous, and Top Skiers.

Part Four. Bald Mountain Opens for Skiing as World War II Looms on the Horizon

17. 1940: Bald Mountain Opening Begins a New Era in American Skiing

Durrance Wins His Third Harriman Cup

18. Ski Season of 1941 Is Busy as War Looms: Harriman Leaves for War Work

Part Five. Sun Valley During World War II

19. Skiing Continues but War Begins to Affect the Country

Sun Valley Closes in December 1942

20. 1943: Sun Valley Becomes a Naval Rehabilitation Center

Skiers Join Army Mountain Troops

21. Union Pacific Must Decide Whether to Reopen Sun Valley after the War

Part Six. Sun Valley After World War II

22. Sun Valley Reopens in 1947 to Changed Social and Economic Conditions

23. 1947: U.S. Olympic Alpine Team Is Selected and Trains at Sun Valley for the 1948 Games

24. 1948: Gretchen Fraser Wins Two Olympic Medals at St. Moritz and Becomes an American Heroine

25. 1949: Upgrades Are Made to the Ski School, Mountain, and Village

French Ski Team Races in Sun Valley

26. Counter-Culture at Sun Valley: Warren Miller's Life as a Ski Bum, 1946-1949

27. 1950: FIS World Championships Bring Europe's Best Skiers to Aspen and Sun Valley

28. U.S. Olympic Team Is Selected at Sun Valley: SVSC Skiers Dominate

Ski Club President Al Lindley Is Killed

29. 1952: Olympic Games Held in Oslo

Killer Avalanche at Lookout Bowl

Pat Rogers Leaves

30. Warm Springs Canyon Is Developed

31. 1953-1964: Harriman Cup Attracts Top Racers

Hemingway Commits Suicide

Part Seven. Sun Valley After Union Pacific

32. 1964: Continued Decline of Passenger Travel Leads to Sun Valley's Sale to Janss Company

33. Amtrak Ends Passenger Service Nationally

Rail Service into the Wood River Valley Is Canceled

34. Holding Family Buys Sun Valley in 1977, Restores the Resort to International Status

Epilogue

Postscript.

Appendix A. Union Pacific Land Purchases for Sun Valley

Appendix B. Sun Valley Skiers Inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame

Appendix C. Bald Mountain Ski Run Names

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author.

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ISBN:

9781439671757

1439671753

OCLC:

1204137579