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Paperback Skiing at Lake Tahoe Book

ISBN: 0738589063

ISBN13: 9780738589060

Skiing at Lake Tahoe

(Part of the Images of America: California Series)

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Organized ski racing in America started near Lake Tahoe in the 1860s when gold miners rode 15-foot boards that reached speeds near 100 miles per hour. By 1895, residents of Truckee had started the nation's first winter carnival west of the Rocky Mountains and soon built the largest ski jump in California. Today's Lake Tahoe, with significant annual snowfall, has become home to the largest concentration of ski resorts on the continent. Places like...

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