The May-June issue of Skiing History will hit the mail around May 13 (a Friday, of course)., but will be posted online about a week ahead of that.
Look for these articles:
-Skiing Schruns and the Montafon Valley: The old smuggling route between Austria and Switzerland where refugees escaped during World War II.
-Marco Tonazzi, the Vail-based entrepreneur recalls his days on the Italian ski team and adventures with Thoeni, Tomba and Gros.
-Lifts that went nowhere: Gone are the weird experimental ski lifts that didn’t pan out.
-Willy Schaeffler, rebel at heart.
-Warhol in Aspen.
-The man who designed the medals: artist Helmut Zobl.
-Swann poster auction results.
-Report on Skiing History Week in Sun Valley.
-Fritz Wiessner, world-class climber and ski wax alchemist.
To read the new issue online and get the print magazine, visit skiinghistory.org/join.
