Aspen Highlands c. 1960s-1970s

This film narrates multiple aspects of the Aspen Highlands including: ski patrol, ski instruction, night life, terrain, Maroon Bowl, and the chair lift system.
This 16mm film was donated to the Museum in 2005 and is narrated by Dick Barrymore. Cinematography was done by Dick Barrymore and Earl Rickers. Dick Barrymore (1933-2008) was an American ski filmmaker and an advocate of "hot dogging".
Object ID: 2005.76.20

Пікірлер: 59

  • @alpinejim2816
    @alpinejim2816 Жыл бұрын

    Skied there in 1972. Ticket was the highest in the state, $9. Head Standards and leather buckle boots.

  • @thelonewolf2288
    @thelonewolf22885 ай бұрын

    I loved skiing there, and the 'Back Bowls' of Vail. Those were truly magical times. Aspen had such a fabulous funky vibe then. I feel sorry for those too young to have not known what it was like then. How I would love to go back to those times, and start all over again.

  • @jeffreybeskar4545
    @jeffreybeskar45457 ай бұрын

    Good times at Aspen Highlands, 1978. My buddy and I drove from MN in my Chev Nova. Stayed 5 nights and it snowed all day and night. We had deep powder down Steeplechase all 5 days. My first taste of powder skiing and still going strong at 65 yrs.

  • @eljeffe8806

    @eljeffe8806

    6 ай бұрын

    Good for you skiing at 65, good discounts on lift tickets too at 65+

  • @jeffreybeskar4545

    @jeffreybeskar4545

    6 ай бұрын

    @@eljeffe8806 Hey, thanks. I enjoy skiing just as much now and go every year with Lots of workouts prior to my trip.

  • @claudiabianca2414
    @claudiabianca24142 жыл бұрын

    Boy we had long skis.... LOL So fun to see the familiar faces... worked in Marketing (at the stables office) 68-69

  • @untectings

    @untectings

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember when 180S where a short ski in the 80S

  • @JefferyDunham-fi1wy

    @JefferyDunham-fi1wy

    2 ай бұрын

    @@untectings You couldn't ski Outhouse ay Mary Jane without at least 185s.

  • @bondalemecovillage6738
    @bondalemecovillage6738 Жыл бұрын

    Worked there 79/80 with setting gates on the ski school slope. With Buzz & Jeff Smith, worked fixing skis at L'eQuippe for Jean PAul on Hyman Avenue Mall... Lived there for 3 years, a young Aussie having the time of his life

  • @patrickfort4467

    @patrickfort4467

    6 ай бұрын

    I worked there from '78 to '83, and was in Aspen until '86. I loved partying with the Aussies and the Swedes, some really fun people.

  • @marcgleeman6743
    @marcgleeman67432 жыл бұрын

    I LOVED teaching and skiing there!!!! I reminisce every single day!

  • @Skedawg88

    @Skedawg88

    Ай бұрын

    How old are you?

  • @andredegraaf1643
    @andredegraaf16432 жыл бұрын

    That's skiing as I know it and still do it. Minus the jumping, moguls, steeps... Getting old sucks.

  • @Bill80205
    @Bill802052 жыл бұрын

    At Stein's invitation, Bob Cross and I were the first two guys on the lift opening day. We still have the press photo.

  • @charleshultquist9233

    @charleshultquist9233

    Жыл бұрын

    Stein Eriksen?

  • @whipsnade13
    @whipsnade132 жыл бұрын

    I skied there in 1973. I remember a super scary chairlift to the peak where you kind of dangled off the edge of the mountain. Also, they built a big jump near a swimming pool and skiers would fly off and do flips into the water while people cheered! What a great mountain!

  • @dickiedunnscorner5552

    @dickiedunnscorner5552

    Жыл бұрын

    The "Ski Splash" was in Snowmass. Highlands had a big jump over a restaurant seating area at the base of Cloud 9.

  • @jjwfndable

    @jjwfndable

    Жыл бұрын

    Logis Peak

  • @nutsackmania

    @nutsackmania

    6 ай бұрын

    what

  • @Jlyon99
    @Jlyon9926 күн бұрын

    Very nice turns, probably on 205s! Lots of memories there - my Vail friends and I would make the trek over every week for freestyle contests in the mid-70s (with real moguls back then!).

  • @jetrepaz
    @jetrepaz2 жыл бұрын

    highlands was first place i skied in colorado, went for the winter, stayed 9 years :-)

  • @Skedawg88

    @Skedawg88

    Ай бұрын

    That can happen!

  • @Skedawg88
    @Skedawg88Ай бұрын

    I am an aging but still active ski pro. I skied Aspen Highlands backing the80;s, once. I'd like to ski it one more time.

  • @brianoconnor3407
    @brianoconnor3407 Жыл бұрын

    Loved Barrymore ski films. Quite a contrast to Warren Miller's stuff with the corny and sometimes condescending narration. Having skied mostly in the Tahoe area in the 60's and 70's, I thought Aspen Highlands was more like Tahoe resorts vs. Snowmass, Aspen Mountain and Buttermilk (which is a fun little mountain as well). I taught at all four mountains the Winter of 1999-2000, mostly Snowmass and Aspen Mt, but on occasion had a private that wanted to ski Highlands. Great film illustrating that era.

  • @TheIshavet
    @TheIshavet6 ай бұрын

    Skied there season 79/80. Worked with housekeeping in Snowflake lodge. Seasonpass at Highlands. Best time ever.

  • @BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists
    @BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists6 ай бұрын

    Only skied there one day, but what a great place that had not been compromised by time. This was back in the late 80s. 18 inches of new snow over night over an ice base. Had to make very shallow turns to keep the speed up to plane on that snow. The stuff was so light, it was barely there!

  • @rambultruesdell3412
    @rambultruesdell34124 ай бұрын

    Snowboarded (yes 😁) Ajax 2003. i was told to 'beat it' at the gondi base. Great mountain, oh yeah! Great day. Great mountain charismatic vibe too. Even him.

  • @musicman102357
    @musicman102357 Жыл бұрын

    Got to just love those safety bars on the chair lift 😁. Well the late '60s and '70s was when I grow up skiing. The technical aspect of the sport has come a long way since then. And let's not even talk about the equipment.

  • @josephhertzberg2734
    @josephhertzberg2734 Жыл бұрын

    I had epic days at Aspen Highlands season of 96-97 I wish I'd stayed in the Roaring Fork..

  • @nutsackmania
    @nutsackmania6 ай бұрын

    I went there in 1973. Thank god everyone there was of means! There used to be a line for folks to drive Bugatti Gayrons off the Super Splash into a giant pool where there was a giant metal sweeper like a bowling machine that collected them.

  • @nickelodeo
    @nickelodeo Жыл бұрын

    Closing party is epic

  • @RJ2691
    @RJ2691 Жыл бұрын

    "Along with man's favorite sport, girl watching" *cuts to montage of cute girls*

  • @rudimatt3432
    @rudimatt34322 жыл бұрын

    Ya aspen was pretty special.

  • @rudimatt3432

    @rudimatt3432

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SR-se3qw feel sorry for new gen

  • @franksaunders-ot3ig
    @franksaunders-ot3ig Жыл бұрын

    skied there in 71

  • @user-ve1lt1cf1m
    @user-ve1lt1cf1m8 ай бұрын

    Does anyone remember the name of the Grateful Dead cover band playing apres ski ca 1971?

  • @johnodo764
    @johnodo764 Жыл бұрын

    Should I go skiing today?

  • @ptr1537
    @ptr1537 Жыл бұрын

    5 towers. Epic

  • @untectings
    @untectings Жыл бұрын

    this sounds a lot like an old Warren miller film

  • @dansage6206
    @dansage62065 ай бұрын

    Ahh.. the view of ski slopes that don't have scraped out moguls caused by snowboarders.

  • @eljeffe8806
    @eljeffe88066 ай бұрын

    Like the emphasis on the women and the wine!

  • @hawlikd
    @hawlikd8 ай бұрын

    Skinny Skis eh!

  • @charleshultquist9233
    @charleshultquist9233 Жыл бұрын

    HEAD 720 ;-)

  • @death2pc
    @death2pc2 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful. Beautiful. And no &^%$#@* hipsters !

  • @charleshultquist9233

    @charleshultquist9233

    Жыл бұрын

    ....and no grungy snowboarders.

  • @ElsaBella
    @ElsaBella2 жыл бұрын

    Where are their knees now...

  • @llaboe

    @llaboe

    2 жыл бұрын

    toast... like mine When I was growing up in Aspen (right about when this was made ... AHS '76) Highlands was always my favorite mountain.

  • @peterpawlak8418

    @peterpawlak8418

    2 жыл бұрын

    Double total knee replacements :-) .Taught skiing there in the winter of '74 - '75

  • @alanroach1565

    @alanroach1565

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ive been skiing for 50yrs.............still at it at 74 and no injuries yet.

  • @marcroggen4849

    @marcroggen4849

    4 ай бұрын

    Whitaker costa

  • @howardlovett233
    @howardlovett2332 жыл бұрын

    Before GLM...

  • @death2pc

    @death2pc

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually during and after...............

  • @user-eu8pe5jy2t
    @user-eu8pe5jy2t5 ай бұрын

    back when long skis carved moguls so massive you could link turns on one. six day lift ticket was $77 but coke was more more expensive. go figure

  • @hawlikd
    @hawlikd8 ай бұрын

    No safety bars on the chair lifts back th err n!

  • @thecommission5730
    @thecommission573011 ай бұрын

    I heard there is extensive gang activity there now.