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1940 |
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Stowe's Marilyn Shaw McMahon (age 16) won the Combined National Championships in Sun Valley. She was selected for the 1940 Olympic Team, but the games were cancelled due to WWII. |
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Nancy Reynolds (Cooke) was the National Slalom Champion and was named to the 1940 Olympic Team. |
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Second single chair in the East opened. It was the longest in the U.S. The cost was 60 cents per ride. |
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Charlie Lord directed the cutting of the Midway, S-53, and Charlie Lord trails. |
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The Octagon was built. |
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1941 |
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Dan Ryder elected president of MMSC after Charlie Lord. |
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Marilyn Shaw McMahon won the National Slalom Championship at Aspen. |
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The Skimeister trail was opened. The trail saw the onset of the Skimeister races – forerunner to today’s ski bum races. |
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Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into war leads MMSC to suspend operations. |
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1942 |
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C.V. Starr came and began a partnership with Sepp Ruschp. |
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Most of Stowe’s male skiers join the 10 th Mountain Division. |
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1943 |
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The von Trapp family came to Stowe and built their first lodge. |
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1944 |
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The Stowe Derby evolved by Erling Knud Anderson, Rolf Holtvet and Sepp Ruschp while brushing trails. Originally a race for skiers over 35 years. ( Stowe Mtn. Resort History Timeline). |
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1945 |
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The first Stowe Derby was held and won by Sepp Ruschp.
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For fun, local skiers ran the Merry-Go-Round – four downhills in two days (Nosedive, Chin Clip, Bruce and Steeple). |
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Abner Coleman replaces Dan Ryder as president of MMSC. |
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1946 |
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The Mt. Mansfield T-bar opened, serving Tyro, North Slope, Standard, and Gulch. |
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P-Tex base invented by the Swiss firm Muller and Co. (Ski/R 1983 p41) |
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Dynamic comes out with a Cellulix base. (Her V8-1 1996) |
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First Pomalift developed in Europe by Jean Pomagalski. (Amski 1966 p448) |
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1948 |
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A new Toll House was built and two rope tows on Spruce in 1949. |
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1949 |
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Mount Mansfield Company acquires 3500 acres on Spruce Peak, now home of the MMSC. |
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Howard Head markets the aluminum Head Standard, the first commercially successful aluminum ski. (Ski/R 1983 p43). |
