Ski Heroes
A podcast about ski heroes! Each episode tells the story of someone who has excelled at and/or had an impact on the wonderful sport of skiing - a real ski hero.
Ski Heroes
Episode 12 - Snowshoe Thompson skiing in the Wild West
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Ski Heroes
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Episode 12
Skiing was a thing in the Wild West. Snowshoe Thompson, a native of Tinn in Telemark, Norway, introduced skiing to California during the now legendary Gold Rush in the 1850s as he delivered mail and supplies to the gold and silver miners in the Sierra Nevada's as a mailman for Uncle Sam. His skills and ability on a pair of skis became legendary in the Sierras, and Snowshoe became an institution of the era being the only thing connecting the miners from the outside world during wintertime. The Sierra Nevada's and Lake Tahoe in specific are now a world renounced ski area, and it all started with an immigrant from Norway: Snowshoe Thompson.