Skiing Pleasant Mountain


Skiers, Pleasant Mountain, ca. 1960

Skiers, Pleasant Mountain, ca. 1960
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Ski Museum of Maine

In the sport's pioneer days, skiing was overwhelmingly an activity for very athletic young men.

As technology improved in the 1950s and 1960s -- especially with respect to equipment, lifts and trail maintenance -- millions of casual enthusiasts got into the act.

That's clearly the point of this publicity photo from about 1960.

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