Legends of American Skiing (Original Uncut Version, 78 min, 1982)

Legends of American Skiing follows the evolution of Alpine skiing from its rough- and-tumble days in the High Sierras in the mid-1800s to the 1936 winter Games when skiing first became an Olympic Toni Matt, the only man ever to ski straight down the near-vertical headwall on Mount Sun Valley when it was only a ’s first trails... Aspen when it was still a mining town. Thrilling authentic footage and accounts by those who were there. A Film by Richard Moulton Ski Pioneers in order of appearance: Sel Hannah: Captain of the 1935 Dartmouth Ski Team. Formed Sno Engineering which laid out hundreds of ski resorts. Bill Berry: A journalist who made a lifelong study of skiing in California’s High Sierras from the gold rush of 1849 on. Lowell Thomas: media journalist whose love for skiing led him to promote the sport and invest in many of the first ski resorts. Charlie Proctor: 1928 Olympian and Dartmouth ski great who together w