By Jeff Blumenfeld
President Joseph R. Biden created his first national monument, and the country’s 130th, on Oct. 12, 2022, protecting for future generations a rugged landscape in the heart of the...
The Berkshires of Massachusetts have long been known as a winter sports paradise. Forty-four ski areas popped up across the region from the 1930s to the 1970s. The legendary Thunderbolt Ski Trail put...
Artificial slopes, using carpet or matting in place of snow, bring skiing to areas without reliable natural snowfall. Skiers have used them for over a century, but the earliest artificial surfaces...
How is it that a young man—raised in the road camps of California’s Central Valley, abandoned at age 15 by his father, deposited with his grandparents in a damp coal-mining town in central Washington...
This season, Warren Miller Entertainment will present its 70th anniversary film, Timeless. The world tour kicks off in California on November 7 and includes stops in 31 U.S. states, four Canadian...
(Photo Caption Above) - Stewards of Skiing: On Nov. 17, 2018, at the annual dinner for the New England Ski Museum held at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, Mass., ISHA board members David Ingemie...
Bob Beattie: An Appreciation
By John Fry
Bold, dynamic, charismatic, Bob Beattie fueled much of what happened to competitive alpine skiing between 1960 and the end of the 20th Century. During those...
MANCHESTER CENTER, VT – To a millennial, skiing history is Bode Miller. To those a bit older, the sport has a rich 150-year-plus history in its modern era, with ancient roots that stretch back 10,...
Skiing History Days at Squaw Valley, California, March 21–25, 2018
MANCHESTER CENTER, VT (Feb. 12, 2018) – The International Skiing History Association (ISHA), the nonprofit organization whose...
Chan Morgan Joins ISHA Board of directors
Chauncey “Chan” Morgan recently joined the ISHA board of directors. During a successful career in northern New England, Chan has led businesses across a wide...
Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont—the United States’ first commercial cross-country touring center—will celebrate its 50th anniversary from January 19–26, 2018. ISHA members are invited and will...
This article about how and why ski resorts can celebrate their history, researched and written by ISHA director and public-relations expert Jeff Blumenfeld, originally appeared in the Fall 2017 issue...
ISHA will hold its 26th annual ISHA Awards banquet on Friday, March 23, in conjunction with NASTAR’s 50th anniversary and its annual NASTAR Finals at Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows, California.
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The International Skiing History Association, the 26-year-old nonprofit that preserves the rich heritage of the sport of skiing, has named three new board members: Jeff Blumenfeld, Chris Diamond, and...