The well known hiking and ski resorts in the eastern Oberland are located around Interlaken and the Jungfrau, such as car-free Mürren and Wengen in the Lauterbrunnen valley, and Grindelwald.

In winter, Kleine Scheidegg is the centre of the ski area around Grindelwald and Wengen.

By 1903 Wengen had an Anglican Church and two years later, Sir Henry Lunn formed the Public Schools Alpine Sports Club with Wengen as a destination ski area for the members.

Also during this period, Lunn invented, and introduced in Wengen, the first slalom race, in which skiers followed the terrain through the trees, replaced with ski gates in later years.

Wengen hosts the internationally well-known Lauberhorn ski races, and it is on the route of the Jungfrau Marathon.

Since 1930, the Lauberhorn ski races have been held in Wengen.

Wengen is also the home of The Downhill Only Club, one of the oldest British alpine ski clubs, founded there in 1925.

The mountain is best known as the site of the Lauberhorn alpine ski races (), held annually above Wengen in the Bernese Oberland.

New school skiing has grown so much that new ski companies were created, companies that strictly make twin-tip skis — skis that are designed for taking off and landing " fakie ", or " switch " ( backwards ) on jumps and rails.

There are a number of cross country trails near the Cathedral ( Cresta Run ) and a toboggan run at Dingo Dell, both of which are ideal for beginners cross county lessons with the mount buffalo ski school, and many cross-country ski trails for more experienced skiers.

This was introduced in 1972, including championship races and a ski school.

Athletics played at the school include cross country running, wrestling, mixed-6 volleyball, cross country ski / biathlon, basketball and Native Youth Olympics.

Friedl Pfeiffer, the new head of the ski school from St. Anton, Austria, wanted the lifts to go to the very top of the mountain, something that had yet to be done anywhere, even in Europe.

Teton Valley Trails and Pathways maintains 4 Nordic ski areas including in Teton Canyon, behind Alta school, in Teton Springs, and in Pioneer Park.

The first resort-based ski school in the U. S. was opened at Sugar Hill in 1929 by Katharine " Kate " Peckett with her husband, Austrian ski instructor Sig Buchmayer, both important figures in the history of skiing.

* The first resort-based ski school in the U. S. was opened in 1929 at Peckett's-on-Sugar Hill.

The children at the school are able to bike, swim, ski, skate, and play tennis in Waterville Valley.

It has a one to one ratio of expert to beginner / intermediate terrain, and has the highest rated ski school in North America.

The school also owns a campus in the ski resort village of Gstaad in the Canton of Bern, where the student body, faculty, and staff move to during the Winter months of January through March.

There are 4 on-hill restaurants, as well as a children's ski school facility and children can sign up for a five day lesson called " Adventure Camp ".

There is a hotel, two restaurants, an observatory, a research station, a small cinema, a ski school, and the " Ice Palace ", a collection of elaborate ice sculptures.

When the permit expired in 1951, the government found a concessionaire, who was put in charge of running the lifts, ski school and cafeteria.

The first ski school in Switzerland was established in St. Moritz in 1929.

The first ski school in Gstaad open in 1923.

The ski resort has a ski school, ski patrol, and several restaurants located at either the bottom or peak of the area.

A ski school is an establishment that trains skiers.

The modern version of the ski school was invented by the Austrian ski pioneer Hannes Schneider in the early 1920s when he formalized instruction methods and established these methods as teaching principles for all ski instructors at his school.

* A history of the modern shaped ski

* USSA historical timeline featuring history of ski competition in America from the 19th century to today

Similar to other ski resorts, Mammoth had a number of associated fatalities in its history:

She would go on to become Canada's most decorated ski racer in history with the most World Cup victories, male or female.

* Milwaukee Road Ski area and ski train history

Born in Altenmarkt im Pongau in Salzburg, Maier ranks among the finest alpine ski racers in history, with four overall World Cup titles ( 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004 ), two Olympic gold medals ( both in 1998 ), and three World Championship titles ( 1999: 2, and 2005 ).

The ULM water ski team is the most successful in the history of collegiate water skiing, having won 22 NCWSA national championships since 1979.

There is a technical school, one functioning cinema, a post office, a museum of Chukotka history and culture, one of the only two ski slopes in Chukotka, a bakery complex and port facilities.

With 191 acres ( 76. 4 ha ), the park includes hiking and cross-country ski trails, as well as earthworks dating from the Revolutionary War and a Visitors ' Center detailing the island's industrial history.

Skiing has a long history in St. Anton: ski instructors from the area emigrated to America in the 1930s, helping to popularise the sport.

Created by Marvel comics in 1979 as a member of the original Alpha Flight superhero team, Northstar's sexual identity was hinted at early in his history, in 1983 in issues 7 and 8 of Alpha Flight, but not openly stated ; his apparent lack of interest in women was chalked up to his obsessive drive to win as a ski champion.

Part of the history of skiing, a forerunner of the downhill ski race, the Roberts of Kandahar Cup occurred during Crans-Montana ( Crans-sur-Sierre ) eight years later on 11 January 1911, organised by winter sports pioneer Arnold Lunn, with the trophies donated by Lord Roberts.

In 1994, Toni Nieminen of Finland was the first ski jumper in history to jump over 200 m. The hill record is 239 m, set by Bjørn Einar Romøren of Norway in March 2005.

From the late 1960s through the early to mid 1990s the 351 Windsor had a long history of being marinized by Pleasure Craft Marine ( PCM ) and Indmar for use in Correct Craft and MasterCraft inboard competition ski boats.

Paddle in surfing is the new frontier and history was made at Jaws Peahi where surfers must survive and catch the wave without the use of a jet ski.

For the complete history of the ski area dating back to its inception in 1946 from the resort's Winter 2005-06 Magazine, written by ski historian Jonathan Robinson, go to: http :// www. ascutney. com / article / view / 9363 / 1 / 1179

* A short history of ski wax ": Article by Seth Masia

The Southern Oregon College Foundation took over management the ski area after the people of Jackson County financed the purchase of ski area resources in the first of two public bailouts in the operation's history.

In its early history the club specialised in gymnastics, athletics and football in the summer and skiing and ski jumping in the winter.