The 10th Mountain Division trained for World War II locally at Camp Hale and were the nation’s first mountain warfare unit. (Special to the Daily)
On Thursday, Feb. 18, at 6:50 p.m. Chris Anthony will be hosting a Colorado Snowsports Museum Through the Lens free presentation virtually from the Gravity Haus in Vail.
In memory of the assault of Riva Ridge that took place 76 years ago to the day during World War II, the presentation will feature the documentary “Climb to Glory” followed by a question-and-answer session. Anthony will also discuss the plan for his new film, “Mission Mt. Mangert.”
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Novelist Thomas Wolfe famously wrote, “You can’t go home again.” I think that he would be glad to see that Euel Akins has joyously done just that, in a very unique way.
I visited Mr. Akins at his home in the Pine Gardens neighborhood. It’s a home that he has bought twice, 75 years apart, first in 1945 when he was 25, then again in 2020 when he turned 100.
Here’s how we came to meet. I was invited to attend a ceremony Feb. 1 at American Legion Post 184. The Veterans Council of Chatham County was hosting Euel’s induction into the inaugural 10th Mountain Division Warrior Legends Hall of Fame. Because of COVID-19, the official induction ceremony was not able to be held last year at Ft. Drum in New York.
As you travel through Colorado ski country, you might find yourself wondering, How in the world did someone come up with Whistlepig or Pussy Foot as a trail name? You might also find yourself debating whether taking Dante’s Inferno or Hook ’em Horns will be exciting.or insane.
The stories of how ski mountain trails were named can take as many twists and turns as the runs themselves. Here are some of our favorites, listed by resort: Davis Trail: Wilfred “Slim” Davis is credited as the first person to spot the ski-area potential of A-Basin’s location when he was training forest rangers how to ski there. Using a black-and-white, 8x10-inch photograph of the mountain, in 1941 Davis hand-drew the original layout and design of the ski area, including the existing Snow Plume Refuge and proposed rope tows. Five years later, A-Basin’s founders used that map to help secure the required special-use permit from the U.S. Forest Service.
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Ack Ack is too good in Americaâs richest race of 1971, the $175,000 Hollywood Gold Cup. Photo: Keeneland Library
His name is all but forgotten, marginalized after half a century’s worth of racing lore. The most important people in his life are long dead. Painting him with the colors of the modern Thoroughbred palette is impossible. He was a freak, a dinosaur, the kind of creature that flew through children’s dreams, and for a glorious seven months of 1971, he was almost too good to be true.
His name was Ack Ack.
There have been 50 years of Eclipse Awards history since the representatives of the