Aspen Story: Predicting Powder | AspenTimes.com

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A b / w photograph of the nearly complete Chateau Kirk at the foot of the Highlands after an early fall snowfall, 1961.

“Forest Service Predicts Another Record Winter,” The Aspen Times reported on Oct. 6, 1961. “After a record-breaking start with the Great Labor Day snowstorm, skiing is expected to attract more people to the slopes than ever before. Colorado this winter, according to the United States. Forest Service officials. The season unofficially began on Labor Day when the first skiers took to the slopes, the earliest ever in the memory of the Forest Service staff who oversee most of the state’s ski areas. The expansion of facilities at existing resorts and the opening of several new areas are expected to significantly increase the number of snowbunnies and schussboomers on the slopes, the FS predicts. The number of skiers and spectators on the national forest trails increased from 278,711 in 1956-1957 to 608,257 last winter. Most of the state’s ski areas, including Aspen Mountain and Aspen Highlands, are found in whole or in part on Forest Service land. The image above shows Chateau Kirk (nearing completion) at the base of the Highlands after an early fall snowfall, 1961.

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