The 8 Oldest Ski Resorts in the U.S.

Believe it or not, skiing didn’t always involve towering hotels and high-speed, eight-person lifts. As skiing slowly developed into a national winter pastime in the early 1900s, a crop of ski areas emerged. They were humble and simple and totally unlike the modern ski resorts of today.
No-frills base lodges and gasoline-powered rope tows joined forces in delivering leather-boot-clad skiers to the powdery goods. Those skiers probably complained much less than we do now, even if they were ut