Beef Trail: A Pioneering Montana Ski Area
First Aired Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Beef Trail A Pioneering Montana Ski Area
Beef Trail: A Pioneering Montana Ski Area
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The little-known story of the Butte Ski Club and its ski area, the "Beef Trail".
The little-known story of the Butte Ski Club and its once-popular ski area, the "Beef Trail," created by volunteers, many of them miners, in 1938. A number of innovative ideas and technologies pioneered by early members of the Butte Ski Club were later adapted by some of the West's more popular ski areas. This documentary brings us vintage movie footage, old photos and great stories from skiers who remember skiing the Beef.
Beef Trail
Butte Ski Club
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Original Butte Ski Patch (1937)
Bill Haller
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Aerial view of Beef Trail, circa 1960
Montana Standard Newspaper
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Butte Ski Club Members at the Beef Trail, circa 1955
Buck Runser
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Beef Trail original warming hut with parking lot above, circa 1940s
Buck Rusner
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Beef Trail Solitude, circa 1940s
Terry Lonner
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Beef Trail Beartraps
Montana Standard Newspaper
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Waiting for a hitch at the Beef Trail, circa 1955
Montana Standard Newspaper
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Waiting for a hitch at the Beef Trail, circa 1955