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The way skiing used to be: five major resorts celebrate big anniversaries

Their beginnings recall a time when skiing was less of an industry and more of a lifestyle

Duddy's Accordion player, Vail, 1960. (Photo provided by Colorado Snowsports Museum)
Duddy’s Accordion player, Vail, 1960. (Photo provided by Colorado Snowsports Museum)
DENVER, CO - JANUARY 13 : Denver Post's John Meyer on Monday, January 13, 2014.  (Photo By Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)
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It may seem incomprehensible to today's generation of skiers and snowboarders accustomed to ski resort conglomerates. But in the boom years of skiing in the 1960s and early '70s, Colorado produced 12 new ski resorts, all of them independents.
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