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In the late 1950s, Jack English, an amateur pilot from Chicago, flew over Indianhead Mountain. After seeing the abundant snow and area conditions, he developed "Indianhead Mountain Resort". This was the impetus for the local ski industry—in the following years, other resorts opened and the area became a skiing hotspot.
Ski resorts (and other venues that issue tickets) commonly use a wicket to secure the ticket (called a "ticket wicket"), a short piece of light wire which loops through the ticket holder's clothing or backpack. The ticket wicket was invented by Killington Ski Resort employee Martin S. "Charlie" Hanley, in 1963, and given its name by his wife Jane.
Jack English, developer and owner of Indianhead Mountain Resort in Michigan, [2] invested two years of improvements to the site that opened as Indianhead Ski Area of Colorado in December 1961 [3] with two rope tows from the defunct Magic Mountain ski area in Golden, a Heron double chair, and a Constam T-bar. The runs were engineered by Sel ...
Bear Mountain officials said they've spent about $10.2 million on the new Midway lift, which replaces the now-departed chairlifts 1, 2 and 5 in the resort's central base area.
Elk Mountain Ski Resort: Scranton: Pennsylvania: 2,667 1,742 925 180 27 7 60 December 9, 2019 [313] Hidden Valley Resort: Hidden Valley: Pennsylvania: 2,875 2,405 470 110 26 11 140 December 9, 2019 [314] Jack Frost - Big Boulder Ski Area: White Haven: Pennsylvania: 2,000 1,400 600 145 35 22 50 December 9, 2019 [315] Laurel Mountain Ski Resort ...
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, a two-year college with four campuses in Wisconsin: Ashland, New Richmond, Rice Lake, and Superior; Indianhead International School, a school in Howon-Dong, Uijeongbu, South Korea; Indianhead Council, the former name of the Northern Star Council; Indianhead Ski Area, an area of Geneva Basin Ski Area
Chairlift mechanism in the resort of Val Cenis Vanoise, France. A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a paid service at ski resorts. The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald. [1]
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