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1960 Winter Olympics Squaw Valley, California Volume 24, Number 4 November 2012 1960 Winter Olympics Squaw Valley, California Squaw Valley Ski Area, Tahoe National Forest U.S.F.S. Photograph By Roy Feuchter federal forests passed into private ownership through At the time of the 1960 Olympics, Roy was on the Sequoia homestead claims, mineral rights claims and railroad land National Forest. Other assignments during his career included grants. Recreation Staff on the Inyo National Forest, San Francisco and So it was that Alex Cushing, the land owner in Squaw Denver Regional Offices, and the Washington Office. As the Valley, California, and Wayne Paulson, a long time pilot Forest Service Environmental Coordinator Roy shepherded the Agency guidelines response to the National Environmental Policy for Pan American Airways, came to apply for a permit in Act (NEPA). Roy retired in 1987 as Forest Service Director of 1948 from the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service, U.S. Recreation. This article was written in 2011. Today Roy and Department of Agriculture), to develop a ski area on the Helen, his wife of 51 years, live in Vienna, Virginia. lands of the Tahoe National Forest surrounding the private in-holdings at Squaw Valley. Several ski areas had been U. S. Forest Service Involvement developed in this manner, where a private landowner February 18 to 28, 1960 controlled access to the adjacent public forest lands. This very successful public sector/private sector partnership oday, the vast majority of downhill ski terrain in the arrangement has greatly expanded the capability to T United States is in the National Forests - the public provide recreational facilities on the public lands. forests. However, because of the land ownership patterns, The procedure developed by the Forest Service, was to the base of almost all of the major ski areas are on private issue a Special Use Permit for the use of the public lands land. Many of the valleys and relatively flat lands of the See Olympics, page 3 National Museum of Forest Service History A Nonprofit Corporation Museum News P.O. Box 2772 Missoula, MT 59806-2772 Phone: 406-541-6374 By Gray Reynolds, President Fax: 406-541-8733 Vail, Colorado was the place to be in late September, renewing friendships and E-mail: making new friends during the 2012 Rendezvous in the Rockies, National Forest Ser- [email protected] vice Reunion. The Museum participated in the reunion with an annual meeting, Web Site: museum display and presented three awards. www.nmfs-history.net The annual meeting and luncheon was Board of Directors attended by 120 people. Executive Director President, Gray Reynolds Vice-President, Dave Stack Dave Stack reported on museum progress. Treasurer, Arnie Didier Doug Leisz discussed the importance of in- Secretary, Beryl Johnston creasing museum memberships. Steven Anderson During the annual meeting, we were proud Larry Craig to honor Lynn Biddison and John Sandor for John Drake their enthusiasm in carrying out the Museum’s Ellie Hill mission and unwavering dedication to telling Jim LaBau the history of the Forest Service and its coop- Lynn Biddison receives Founder’s Lyle Laverty erators. As volunteers for the Museum and life Award from Gray Reynolds (R) Douglas Leisz members, both gentlemen have contributed to and Dave Stack (L) Patricia Limerick our success in collecting, preserving and inter- Pat Lynch preting the conservation legacy of the U.S. Jim Marsh Forest Service, its partners and cooperators. David Parcell Lynn and John each received the Gary G. Max Peterson Brown Founder’s Award in recognition for Tom Pettigrew their outstanding volunteer service. Mark Rey Tony Schoonen We also presented a plaque to recognize Ted Stubblefield Dave Stack’s work, as Executive Director, Tom Thompson preceded by the entire group joining together Joel Krause, Ex-officio to sing "Our Mr. Stack", accompanied by Jane John Sandor receives Founder’s Vacant, Ex-officio Leche, “Fiddling Foresters”, on guitar with Award from Gray Reynolds (R) lyrics by Liz Madison and Jane Hanson, sung and Dave Stack (L) Newsletter Editor to the tune of the Smokey Bear song. Dave Stack The Newsletter is published quarterly for the members and supporters of the National Mu- seum of Forest Service History, a non-profit corporation dedicated to preserving the history of the Forest Service and conservation. Membership Dues Student $15 Individual $30 Family $55 Contributing $150 Sustaining $300 Organization $100 Museum Board Members and Regional Directors attending Vail Museum Board meeting: Lifetime $1,000 Beryl Johnston, Lyle Laverty, Max Peterson, Doug Leisz, Gray Reynolds, Bjorn Dahl, Jim LaBau, Ted Stubblefield, John Drake, Larry Gadt, Lynn Sprague, Larry Anderson, Dave Stack, Patty Limerick and Lynn Biddison (left to right) Copyright © 2012 2 Olympics continued from page 1 as ski terrain. The Permit was similar to a lease but reserved to the government control of the use of public land, more than a lease would do, so that environmental controls can be coordinated with ski area design. Payment to the government for the use of the public lands is also provided. The procedure involved making application for the permit to the local District Ranger charged with managing that given area of National Forest. Because of the size of the area needed to be placed under permit, and the consequent amount of private capital that might eventually be invested on the public lands, the permit process generally required review by successive layers of Forest Service Administration. From the Ranger it went to the Forest Supervisor -- in this case in Nevada City, California, and thence to the Regional Office in San Francisco. Fortunately, Ranger Roy Saarni in Truckee, California, and Supervisor Henry "Hank" Blyth Arena, Squaw Valley, 1960 Branagh, in Nevada City, were sufficiently aware of U.S.F.S. Photograph the ramifications of major ski area development that they passed the application on to the San Francisco taken some expert skiers 22 kick turns to get down the Office with favorable recommendations. mountain. A kick turn was a method used to navigate W.S."Slim" Davis was the California Regional terrain that was too steep and too heavily wooded to attack Staff Officer (Region 5) responsible for winter sports. in a straight down the hill fashion. This area was to Davis had an extensive background in winter sports, become the site of the Men's and Women's Giant Slalom snow safety and avalanche control. He served in the races. Because of the zig-zag nature of a slalom race, it U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division in World War II. required steep terrain in order to make it challenging. He had Forest Service permit administration First reaction to Cushing's proposal was that Squaw experience at Arapahoe Basin and Winter Park ski Valley simply wasn't large enough to hold the Olympics. areas in Colorado. Davis had recently been involved But Cushing was a dogged salesman and was able to in granting a permit for ski area development at slowly bring people around as he pointed out that the area Mammoth Mountain on the Inyo National Forest. had the necessary vertical drop for the races, and the Davis became a member of the Olympic Organizing adequate, average snow cover and the potential adjacent Committee. As such, he was the liaison between the cross country ski terrain for the nordic races. What was Forest Service, the Organizing Committee and the lacking was the necessary infrastructure for housing, California Olympic Commission whose chairman was restaurants, parking and decent access. However, there Charles R. Blyth. was adequate area for a Ski Village to be built to house the The development at Squaw Valley was still quite athletes. Other candidates for the Games were Lake new and rather small when Cushing and his partner, Placid, Reno, and Aspen/Colorado Springs in the U.S. Wayne Paulsen, next came to the Forest Service with International candidates were Innsbruck, Austria, St the proposal that Squaw Valley be proposed to the Moritz, Switzerland and Chamois, France. International Olympic Committee for the 1960 Winter At this point, financing became the key to success or Games. failure. Most of the financing had to come from the There were only four ski lifts (double chair lifts) private sector. However, as enthusiasm built for bringing and a small tram at that time. The original lift, a long, the Games to Squaw Valley, and because there was a 8,000-foot double chair ran up from almost the center piece of government land in the otherwise privately held of the private land to near the top of Squaw Peak. The land in the Valley, the Congress of the United States course it followed was to become the approximate passed legislation authorizing the construction of a major location of the Men's Downhill Race Course in the ice skating complex. The legislation was signed into law Olympic Games. by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 15, 1958. A second lift, KT-22, ran at almost right angles to This was a major step because the complex, to be the first lift and rose steeply up a high mountain rising known as Blyth Arena, was to encompass a large ice rink out of the Valley. The name came from the fact that for the figure skating competition, two smaller rinks for during the original survey of the ski terrain it had practice, and a elongated rink for speed racing. The main See Olympics, page 4 3 Olympics continued from page 3 rink was to be partially enclosed so that the spectator seating and the ice itself were under the roof, but the south side would be open to the other rinks and to provide visual access to the opening and closing ceremonies.
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