John Lundin Book Signing

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02/02/2018 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

John Lundin learned to ski on Snoqualmie Pass using wooden skis, leather boots and cable bindings and riding rope tows. He was a member of Sahalie Ski Club, which began on Snoqualmie Pass in 1931. His mother, Margaret Odell Lundin, learned to ski on Mount Rainier and Snoqualmie Pass in the 1930s, and was faculty advisor to Seattle's Queen Anne High School Ski Club from 1938 to 1941. Lundin has written extensively about early skiing in Washington and  is a frequent lecturer on history topics.

In Early Skiing on Snoqualamie Pass, Lundin relives the exciting early days of skiing when Snoqualmie Pass was the epicenter of the sport. Ski jumping tournaments attracted world-class competitors to Cle Elum, Beaver Lake, and the Milwaukee Ski Bowl at Hyak. The Mountaineers' twenty-mile race from Snoqualmie to Stampede Pass, dubbed "the world's longest and hardest race," was a pinnacle of cross-country skiing.1934 brough the country's first municipal ski area, and the Milwaukee Ski Bowl at Hyak opened in 1938. With train access, a modern ski lodge, an overhead cable lift and free ski lessons from the Seattle Times, the Ski Bowl revolutionized local skiing.
Location: 
A Book For All Seasons
703 US Highway 2
Leavenworth, WA 98826
Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass By John W. Lundin Cover Image
$32.99
ISBN: 9781540226945
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Published: History Press Library Editions - October 16th, 2017

Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass (Sports) By John W. Lundin Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9781467137744
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Published: History Press - October 16th, 2017