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Today I’m enjoying making promotional copy images of this poster for Vintage Ski World’s online store. This famous image first appeared on the cover of Saturday Evening Post magazine, March 27, 1943. The original image is a painting by Mead Schaeffer. Soldier Horace Quick was the model. He was one of the skiers on the incredible Trooper Traverse, when a group of 10th Mountain troopers skied from Leadville to Aspen in 1944. |
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.
