on-line Flash movie

< previous1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8next >
^ 1950 FIS, first international championships held in the U.S. Program cover designed by Herbert Bayer.

Skiing & Culture Grew Side-by-side.

Aspen’s distinctiveness in the American ski world grew from the timely marriage of the development of skiing with the Paepcke’s vision of a cultural community, in a place where the landscape enhanced both.

The Goethe Bicentennial in 1949, followed by the 1950 World Ski Championships put Aspen on the map as an international center for high culture and world class skiing.

“If I’ve made a contribution to American skiing, the 1950 FIS in Aspen would be it.”

Development of Aspen Mountain was followed by Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands ski areas in 1958 and Snowmass ski area in 1967.

—Dick Durrance, ski legend, filmmaker, and Aspen Skiing Company Manager, 1947–1952—

From the Goethe Bicentennial came the Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, International Design Conference, and later The Aspen Historical Society, DanceAspen, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and a host of others.
< Fred Iselin co-directed the Aspen Ski School and later Highlands Ski School, c. 1950.
^ Dr. Albert Schweitzer made his only trip to the U.S. as keynote speaker at the Goethe Bicentennial, 1949. While he stayed with the Paepcke's, he played the piano for breakfast every morning.
^ Phil and Steve Mahre win 1st & 3rd in the World Cup, 1981.
^ Pianist Arthur Rubenstein rides Lift 1, c. 1949. Berko Photo
^ Igor Stravinsky conducts at the Aspen Music Festival, c. 1950s. Berko Photo

< previous1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8next >