Yosemite's Badger Pass Ski Area at 75 Years

California's Badger Pass Ski Area Celebrates with Weekend Festivities
    75th Anniversary Weekend Schedule of Events - Ski Like its 1935

     Ski Races, Torch Light Parade & Live Music Highlight Historic Events
     Celebrating First Ski Area in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range

Yosemite National Park's Badger Pass Ski Area will roll out the "white" carpet (of snow) to commemorate its 75th anniversary of outdoor family fun at the Sierra Nevada's first ski area.  During the weekend of Saturday, January 23 and Sunday, January 24, unique activities celebrating the history of skiing at Badger Pass will delight all winter enthusiasts in attendance.

The festivities begin at 9:00am on January 23 when Delaware North Companies will offer free lift tickets to anyone showing up at Badger Pass over the anniversary weekend dressed in a 1930s-period ski outfit:

Saturday, January 23, 2010
* 9:30am - Guided  Cross Country Ski Tours down the Chinquapin Trail, used prior to the existence of Badger Pass in the early 1930s to access Old Badger Summit for downhill skiing
* 10:00am, 1:30pm & 4:30pm - Historic Badger Pass film (three showings),               accumulated over the decades.
* 11:00am to 4:00pm - Trivia Contest based the history of Badger Pass.  Visitors to     the ski area will be able to review interpretive story board exhibits to obtain clues to questions, and the person with the most correct answers will win a prize.
* 12:00pm - Band: Akoustik 2 will perform contemporary covers of popular tunes at     the Badger Pass Day Lodge.
* 1:00pm -  Slalom Ski Race: a NASTAR-style open slalom race will take place on the Chipmunk Run.  There will be different age brackets for skiing, snowboarding and telemark skiing competitions.
* 1:00pm - Nic Fiore Impressions & Yodeling: come see locals muster up their best impressions of the     former Ambassador of Badger Pass, Nic Fiore, at the Day Lodge.
* 4:00pm  -  Cake cutting ceremony celebrating the 75th anniversary at the Badger Pass Day Lodge.
* 5:45pm - Torch Light Parade commences from the top of the Eagle run, consisting of skiers making their way down the hill in a serpentine fashion carrying torches of fire.
* 6:30pm - Late Badger Pass shuttle service departs to Yosemite Valley

Sunday, January 24, 2010
* 9:30am -  Guided  Cross Country Ski Tours down the Chinquapin Trail
* 11:00am to 4:00pm - Trivia Contest
* 12:00pm - Band - Akoustik 2
* All Day - Historic Badger Pass film looping on Badger Pass closed circuit TV

For more information about the weekend's activities, visit www.BadgerPass.com, or call 209.372.8430.

 

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