This beautiful reproduction poster has been re-mastered from an original advertising brochure to promote Yosemite’s winter sports, featuring famous ski instructor Luggi Foeger.
The vibrant colors and detail of this classic image have been painstakingly brought back to life to preserve a great piece of history.
The high-resolution image is printed on heavy archival photo paper, on a large-format, professional giclée process printer. The poster is shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, and is ready for framing.
The 13"x19" format is an excellent image size that looks great as a stand-alone piece of art, or as a grouped visual statement. These posters require no cutting, trimming, or custom framing, and a wide variety of these frames are readily available at your local craft or hobby retailer, and online.
A great vintage print for your home, shop, or business!
HISTORY OF WINTER SPORTS IN YOSEMITE
Yosemite Ski & Snowboard Area, formerly known as Badger Pass Ski Area, located within Yosemite National Park, has been a favorite for generations of families and a pioneer in the history of winter recreation. The “original ski resort in California”, Yosemite Ski & Snowboard Area was the result of increased interest in winter sports during the late 1920s and a Yosemite bid for the 1932 Winter Olympics.
Though Lake Placid was chosen instead, Donald Tresidder, President of Yosemite National Park and the Curry Co., realized the need for more winter facilities such as the Half Dome Village ice rink and the Yosemite Ski School, which taught its first skiers in 1928 on a small hill near the Yosemite Valley stables. The completion of the Wawona Tunnel provided winter access to the more challenging terrain around Chiquapin and Monroe Meadow areas. In 1934 one of the first electric ski tows on the west coast was built on what is now the Old Badger Pass Summit.
The Yosemite Ski & Snowboard Area Day Lodge was completed in 1935 and two sleds known as the “Queen Mary” and “Big Bertha” were added to the “up-ski” the following winter. With continued innovations in the skiing mechanics and ski instruction, tens of thousands of visitors have enjoyed the slopes of Yosemite Ski & Snowboard Area.
