8 McGill vs Dartmouth: A Storybook Rivalry
For a while, McGill's Red Birds and America's Dartmouth were the ski teams to beat. by Tom Peacock
12 Hunter S. Thompson: Fear, Loathing, and Skiing
Why one of Aspen's most famous residents never cottoned to life on the slopes. by Jay Cowan
15 Alta Images
A visual treasure of early action at the motherlode of Utah skiing. by Richard Needham
22 Bringing it to the Streif
Daron Rahlves, Amerca's top skeep skier, remembers the world's greatest downhills. by Jackson Hogen
27 The Gnome of Fortune
Fred Iselin, Aspen's Clown Prince of skiiing. A classic profile revisited. by Burton Hersh
32 How Downhill Racer Got Across the Finish Line
An insider's story on the making of a ski film classic. by Abby Rand
37 Hard Skis: A Family Business Rebounds
For more than 50 years, the Hart brand flourished. Then outside interests arrived. by Seth Masia
44 The Bradley Packer-Grader--in Context
Was Winter Park's snow groomer the earliest? Europe may have been there first. by Seth Masia
3 Readers Respond
Hooker Judson's 100th, waxing redux, setting the Canadian record straight.
6 Where Are They Now
Erich Sailer, the Wizard of Buck Hill, Minnesota
31 Museum News
What the ski museums are up to in Vermont, Utah, New Hampshire, California
36 Report from Ishperming
deck TK
42 Snapshots in Time
Springy poles, Sugarbush chic, bindings to the rescue
43 Skier's Bookshelf
Sunday River: The story of the Maine ski area that could--and did.
45 Remembering
Don Moss, Bud Little, Bill Hazelett, Bill Riley, Arne Backstrom, Jerry Simon..
48 Long Thongs
When the Norsemen arrived at Aspen's Heatherbed Inn, by Martie Sterling