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KT22 and the Dream Olympics
By John Fry
The first televised Winter Games in the U.S., the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics, have never been equaled in their staging, the superb weather, and the intimacy enjoyed by athletes from dozens of countries mingling in the small virtually unknown California resort.
The opening fireworks, orchestrated by Walt Disney, illuminated
the Squaw peak known as KT22. Today, from its summit, you can still
ski terrain remarkably unchanged from what the athletes experienced
50 winters ago. The women’s downhill is still called that by the
Ski Patrol. Take off to the right and with Olympic Lady lift on your
right, drop into the steep terrain where America’s blond Penny
Pitou won the first of her two silver medals at the Games.
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Also see: Whistler/Blackcomb:
skiing the 2010 Olympic mountains
Previously: Adieu to Glaciers
also see Pinheads on
the Haute Route
Newsline
Jimmie
Heuga
Olympic medalist, American hero
Squaw
Valley sets Olympic 50th Anniversary schedule
Celebration starts January 8
Charlie
Meyers
Revered Denver Post ski writer
Dick
Hauserman
Vail pioneer dead at 93
Ski
Train returns not to Denver
New management had hoped to revive weekend service to Winter Park.
Also see Skis, Trains and Mountains.
Toni
Sailer gone at 73
The Olympic and World Champion died Aug. 24
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