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Forty years ago the site that was to become Vail, Colorado, was quiet ranchland alongside U.S. Highway 6, 100 miles west of Denver. Today, Vail is a magnificent mountain resort, attracting winter and summer visitors from all over the world. This is the inside story of Vail by the man who created it, Peter Seibert. A ski trooper and member of the famed 10th Mountain Division during World War II, Seibert came back from the war with wounds so severe he was not expected to ski again. Against all odds he became a champion ski racer after the war and a member of the 1950 U.S. Men's Alpine Team. Then he focussed on the dream he had had since childhood of building his own ski resort. How he accomplished his goal at Vail and then watched as his resort grew far beyond anything he had envisioned, setting the standard for every planned mountain resort that would follow is the subject of this book.
Within a few years of its opening in 1962, Pete's vision became everybody's vision of what a successful ski resort should be.
It's an emotional and inspirational story, filled with details never before revealed and illustrated with photographs that transport the reader back to the golden age of skiing. Virtually the entire history of American skiing is hre, as seen through the eyes of one of its most notable pioneers.
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This beautifully illustrated book tells how skiing champion Peter Siebert created a ski resort that became a model of its kind.
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If you have ever skied Vail, or just dreamed of it, this beautiful book belongs on your coffee table.