Feb 16

Dolla, Dolla, Dolla, 2 C Ketch

Many currrent ski resorts in the west were once mining towns. Aspen, Durango, Telluride, Park City, Alta/Snowbird, Sun Valley, and others. The miners that traveled from all over the world to man the mines had many real extreme situations to handle. Blizzards to bury towns, mine shafts collapsing, and those avalanches to sweep away many. Add in the lack of real heat, clothes stitched together and easily torn, and no hot showers to speak of. There must have been a reason that they endured such a miserable life and living standards. One reason. The almighty dollar.

Sun Valley is the ski mountain. Ketchum is the former mining town. Want to get a great view of both. Stand on a Dollar. MauiSkiBus, Gykaiya, and Franklin ascended the slopes with the dogs pullingthe skis, on a wickedly cold evening. Thermometer read zero and the wind blew that lower. Shivers were many on top and the warmth of MauiSkiBus at the bottom made a fine ending to the Dollar Mt. hike up evening.

Small as small describes a ski mountain, extravagant as extravagant describes a ski lodge. Toddlers learn to turn here, awaiting someday to do the same on Mt. Baldy. Racers fine tune their  turns here, awaiting someday to do the same on Olympic slopes. Dollar Mountain has the same feel as Sun Valley over and above Ketchum. Class lives on the slopes of the Sun and only a few dollars are needed at Dollar Mt.

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