Authors searching for Idaho's 'lost' ski hills

Will you please ask your readers if any of them know of any old “lost” ski areas? I am working with two other authors — Jerry Painter of Idaho Falls, and my son Doug Fuller of Salt Lake City — on a book of history of Idaho downhill ski areas. We plan to include both the 20 current ones and the 50 or so historical or “lost” areas. We’ll write the stories of hills with any form of uphill transportation and those that had only a constructed ski jump. We’ve been working on the book for a year and have found lost areas in people’s neighborhoods, on their ranches, or along roads they often or sometimes drive.

I am sure we are still missing some areas, and for others we lack contacts for learning their history. We have interviewed more than 30 people so far about the history of the lost and current areas, but still need to interview more. We have found incredible stories of people working together to provide skiing for their communities, stories that would otherwise be lost.

If you’re wiling to share your information, anecdotes, or photographs, or know of someone who is, please let us know. Readers can e-mail me at wmfuller@ruralnetwork.net or call me at 208-549-1820 with any information or contacts they may have. Names and phone numbers are very helpful. Thanks very much!

MARGARET FULLER

Weiser