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1958
The Winter Sports Association begins working to upgrade the single chairlift to a double chair. The old cable is replaced with an 8,800-pound track cable and a new break-over tower is constructed for unloading the double chairs.
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February 1st, 2016
1946
The Jackson Hole Winter Sports Association is formed. The association raises $40,000 from local investors, buys an old tramway from a gold mining operation near Salida, Colorado and hires a Denver contractor to construct a lift from it. In its first full year of operation more than 8,500 people ride the lift to the top of the mountain.
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February 1st, 2016
1939
Neil Rafferty competes for and wins a contract with the Jackson Hole Club, an early chamber of commerce, to build an “uphill” facility on Snow King. The cable, bought used from an oil drilling company in Casper, Wyoming, ran through a narrow cut in the forest up the west side of the ski area. It was powered by an old Ford tractor. In exchange for building the cable tow, Rafferty receives a lease on the town land and secures a permit from the Forest Service to run the lift.
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February 1st, 2016
1936
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructs a horse and hiking trail to the top of Snow King for the Forest Service, making the first of many physical changes to the hill to facilitate recreational use. The CCC trail became the first “official” ski run on the mountain.
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