PrintThe First Lift
The first lift at Snow Park was built by Otto Carpenter and Bob Burns from the pine trees the two had cut to clear the area. The lift was low and sometimes the T-bar would drag on the downhill run, so the partners improvised a chair. That was an improvement, but they still had to shovel a path for the chairs to go through when the snow was deep. The warming shack in the background was where La Rue Carpenter served a two-bit hamburger that was worthwhile, according to Otto. (So worthwhile, in fact, it was written about in the New York Times.)
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