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FRANK FREEMAN is retiring after having successfully managed NSAA/FedEx
the Salt Lake City office for MountainGuard Insurance since Member Service
1986. A former ski racer from Minnesota and a University of
Montana graduate, Freeman’s love of the outdoors, loyalty to
his clients, and tireless dedication to the industry will mean that NSAA members save:
he will be greatly missed by his clients and his devoted team at MountainGuard. • Up to 45% on select FedEx
Tim Hendrickson succeeds Freeman in the company’s Salt Lake city branch. Express International
Services
Places • Up to 35% on select FedEx
WACHUSETT MOUNTAIN, MA, has invested $2 million in snowmaking improve- Domestic Services
ments for the 2016-17 season with its “X2 Snowmaking Project,” which • Up to 24% on select FedEx
includes construction of a new snowmaking pump house and installation Ground Services
of 40 computer-controlled HKD Tower Guns on the mountain’s signature It’s a cost-cutting measure that
Ralph’s Run trail. The project will double the mountain’s pumping capacity adds up — all with no enrollment
from 4,000 to 8,000 gallons per minute, allow more snow to be made over- fees or minimum quotas.
night when temperatures are colder, and increase energy efficiency. Sign up and start saving!

PURGATORY RESORT, CO, is installing a surface lift that will transport skiers head- Go to the Member Services
ing west on the backside of the mountain, connecting a new trail to the Legends Section of www.nsaa.org for
more information or call the help
Express high-speed detachable quad chairlift, which debuted last winter. The new line at: 800-475-6708.
lift is a pair of Swiss Cord rope tows, which allow skiers access from any point along
the alignment to easily traverse over to the base of the Legends Express Lift 8.

ELDORA MOUNTAIN RESORT, CO, is offering The Woodward Experience, on-snow
instructional sessions for skiing and snowboarding, this season. Powdr Corp’s
Eldora and Copper Mountain are the only two locations in Colorado to offer 20% off
Woodward sessions. The Woodward Experience will replace Eldora’s traditional
kids snowsports school, including the kids Mountain Explorers day lesson pro- SKIING HISTORY
gram; however, the popular consecutive-week Eldorables for 4 and 5 year olds will for your passholders or employees
remain, as well as the Kids Trek six-week program for 6 to 14 year olds. Skiing History magazine is offering
a benefit to your passholders or
Accolades employees! In six
THE CALIFORNIA SKI INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CSIA) has bimonthly issues,
presented its inaugural Bob Roberts Award of Excellence to they can read about
JOHN WAGNON for his contributions to the California ski indus- skiing’s colorful past,
legendary champions,
try and the state’s tourism as a whole. Wagnon retired recently technique and equip-
from Heavenly as VP of marketing/sales after a long ski industry ment innovations, and
career that also included 14 years at Kirkwood before his move to Heavenly. ski areas from around the world.

Passings “The sport’s history unfolds in
every issue.” —Billy Kidd, 1964
A ski industry pioneer in Washington State, MERLE BROOKS, of Leavenworth, Olympic silver medalist in slalom
WA, passed away November 27, 2016. He was 77. Brooks’ decades-long ski indus-
try career began in 1956 when he went to work as a weekend rope tow while in To receive a discount code for your
high school. He capped his career with service as GM at Stevens Pass, a position passholders or employees to use at
the ISHA Website, call 802.366.1158
he held from 1979 until his retirement in 1995. He served on the PNSAA Board or email kathleen@skiinghistory.org.
of Directors in the early 1980s and was chairman of the PNSAA Maintenance The cost to you? Zero!
Committee for many years. Brooks was the recipient of PNSAA’s Mel Borgersen
Skiing History is published by the
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, International Skiing History Association,
a 501 (c)( 3) nonprofit dedicated to
Armiene; daughters Leere and Lisa; and four grandchildren. preserving and increasing the awareness
of skiing’s great heritage.

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