Ads from the Passt: 1945

1945
Seth Masia

Seth Masia

80 Years Ago

In 1945, the American Ski Annual resumed publishing after World War II, under editor Roger Langley and publisher Bill Eldred. The 314-page book was full of wartime reminiscences and ads for re-opening ski lodges ready to book for the 1945–46 winter season—mostly in New England and Quebec. Among them, Gray Rocks Inn pitched its ski school, under the direction of the Austrian-born Luggi Foeger; he had been a cameraman for Hannes Schneider’s pre-war movies and a 10th Mountain Division trooper. Later in 1966, Foeger would move to Lake Tahoe to design the trails and launch the ski school at Ski Incline (now Diamond Peak). Gray Rocks closed in 2007. Chalet Cochand, founded by Emile and Lea Cochand in 1914, closed for good in 1987. Manhattan’s White Mountain Ski Shop, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 46th Street, is now an Oakley eyewear retail store.

Coming in future issues:

Ski Jumping on Mt. Rainier, 1917–24

Scandinavian immigrants brought their passion for ski

jumping to their newly adopted country in the early 20th

century. Washington State soon became a jumping hub.

Bygone Gizmos

Innovative skiers have generated hundreds of patent applications. Some gadgets worked. Most did not.
Jeff Blumenfeld digs into failed DYI dreams.


Golden Age of Women’s Skiing

Edie Thys Morgan explores if we are in the best-ever era of women’s World Cup skiing.

 

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