the relics
21 GOLDEN TICK ETS all-access passes
22 STUCK ON VAIL local ski pins
24 COVERED national media looks at vail
26 OFF THE WALL classic posters
28 POP CULTURE a collection of vintage vail novelties
36 THE LIFESTY LE skiing isn’t just a sport
46 GREETINGS FROM VAIL
decades of postcards
50 DECLASSIFIED a presidential day of play
the places
55 AN OFFER THEY COULD REFUSE
the antholz ranch before the golf course
62 TRIUMPH A MID THE TR AGEDY
life and death high on the cables
64 THEN AND NOW photos of the way it was
the people
81 10TH MOUNTAIN
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84 W HO RUNS
THIS PLACE?
the resort ’s founders and owners
92 EARL EATON finder and cofounder
96 PETE SEIBERT dreamer and cofounder
100 BILL “SARGE” BROWN
mountain manager
102 DICK HAUSER M AN vail’s cheerleader
104 BILL W HITEFOR D good -times man
106 GEORGE CAULKINS the money man
108 BOB PARK ER marketing magician
114 FITZHUGH S cott town architect
116 PAUL TEST W UIDE trail crewman
118 ROD SLIFER the first realtor
128 PARTING SHOT throughout the book VAIL’S TALES a collection of words and photos depicting the mountain, the town and the people who loved — and built — it
DI VISION
THE TIMES
ski troopers and the vail connection
timeline of vail
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