This Vid what a gem. I had the good fortune to work at a nearby resort called Beavers in ‘76 and skied Mary Jane over 100 times that year. Magical time and place. Thanks for the upload!
Wow. Lots of memories there. I was on the original Jane Gang the first winter the Jane was open. A group of six instructors picked to give upper level lessons in the bumps and steeps. I recognize so many faces in this video but it's hard to recall names. Ageing is a b*&ch. Bob Singley is the skier in the yellow jacket in many of the scenes. He was inducted into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2015 if I remember correctly. Nice find! Props to the OP.
This was my after high school Ski Bum year. (Coming from PA.) Chose Winter Park cause I heard an all bump MT was just opening. It was gonna be Steamboat before I heard about this. Best 4 months of my life. Season pass for both areas was only $230 !! That cain't even buy ya a weekend now. Better to be 18 then than now.
I learned to ski at Winter Park with the Eskimo Ski Club starting in 1967 while I was in junior high.. I took the train up from Union Station. The train ticket cost $10 and the lift ticket was $5. In 1968 I bought Head skis , Lange boots with Marker bindings. Oh god the girls were hot!
Awesome video. My first trip there was 1978 and no there were no helmets or snowboards. And no one cared what you wore or equiptment you used. A much kinder, more enjoyable blink in time of this universe.
This is awesome. I learned to ski at Winter Park when I was 15 in late 1994. We drove all the way from SE Arkansas right after Christmas that year. Back then, the only way you could get to the top of Parsen Bowl (ie, the highest point at Winter Park) was to take the Timberline Lift. That lift was slow as molasses and could easily throw you off when you tried to get on it, but it made for a lot fewer people at the top. 😀
It was fun when you went through the Moffat tunnel it was completely dark and a food fight would break out every time. Yep rode that train when I was younger ride Jane smoke Jane 🔥😊
I have looked for this video for years. I remember sitting in the Beaver Lodge as a child and watching this movie before we went out skiing. Thank you so much for finding it and posting it. So many memories.
@@westonbaur7294 I had the good fortune to work at Beavers in 75-76. My job title was Chore Boy which meant we did most anything around the resort including driving guests to the mountain. Maybe I chauffeured you back then!
I was there 90-92 seasons and I lived next to the railway line on the old post house. We spent many nights in The Crooked Creek Saloon! Lots of great memories in one of the best ski resorts ever! 🙌🏻💯🎿
I was a lifty on the Iron Horse lift in 77/78, the second year of operation. I was 22, lived in a crappy motel in Granby, no money, but one of the best years of my life!
Woooowser!! I grew up on the slopes of Snowmass, Highlands and sometimes even Buttermilk and this is like my childhood coming back to visit. Thank You!
This is incredible. The editing. The cosmic sound effects. The fact they actually named their expansion after the devils lettuce, the ganga, weed, herb, pot, grass, the MaryJane. Hilarious. I love it. The hair, the outfits, the dudes, the babes.
Ski bummed there in the early 80 for 2 ski seasons, bartended at Winter Haven Ski Lodge, it's not there anymore sadly, it was on the northwest side of Vasquez Creek (bridge) and 40. Live in a 1 bedroom cabin behind the lodge on the creek, good times.
Ski bummed there in '76 / '77 This was truly a "blast from the past" with several familiar faces. Mary Jane was a 'lady of the evening' that held forth while they were building the Moffat Tunnel. Yes, there was some of the whacky tobaccy consumed...
My brother and I were there when it opened. I don't remember so many lesbians. "want to fly?" better have good insurance. Knees ain't cheap. At first, MJ and WP were only connected by "Drunken Frenchman"... A cliff with moguls, about a quarter mile of hell. Now, keep in mind, when we started skiing, the skis were wooden, the boots were leather, the bindings were cable, and the Piz were Buin.
This is amazing. Thank you so much for posting this. I am a Grand County native, literally, and this video is really nice to see. Where were you able to source this from?
@colinlewis8275 There are credits at the beginning of the video that have the artists name. Dale Menton is his name. Haven't had luck finding the song just yet myself.
I remember back when a Chair LIFT ticket was $6.00 and so many years went by and then the price went up to $8.00 which was unheard of, EVERYONE went into Shock, totally appalled!!! Now day's, it's a joke, there would have to be a min of 4' or more to get me to pay that amount of money 💰 🤑 to get me on the Mountain ⛰️. Washington state, 2024.
Lived here for almost 20 years. It's slowly turning into Breckenridge. Less housing for locals, more second home owners. City market doesn't even have enough turkeys for the demand since we've grown 7x in the last year. Stay home and don't make my home yours!
This Vid what a gem. I had the good fortune to work at a nearby resort called Beavers in ‘76 and skied Mary Jane over 100 times that year. Magical time and place. Thanks for the upload!
Wow. Lots of memories there. I was on the original Jane Gang the first winter the Jane was open. A group of six instructors picked to give upper level lessons in the bumps and steeps. I recognize so many faces in this video but it's hard to recall names. Ageing is a b*&ch. Bob Singley is the skier in the yellow jacket in many of the scenes. He was inducted into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2015 if I remember correctly. Nice find! Props to the OP.
nice!!!! 10 years before my time!!! she aint no lady
Thanks for the background and insight! Skiing was so much different and mostly better then.
I actually met Bob Singley the other night here in Winter Park. A very youthful 83 year old these days!!
This was my after high school Ski Bum year.
(Coming from PA.)
Chose Winter Park cause I heard an all bump MT was just opening.
It was gonna be Steamboat before I heard about this.
Best 4 months of my life.
Season pass for both areas was only $230 !!
That cain't even buy ya a weekend now.
Better to be 18 then than now.
That was my Ski Bum season.
Roomed with several full and PT instructors.
Two were Steve Keltch and his GF Leslie.
Loved the Jane.
I learned to ski at Winter Park with the Eskimo Ski Club starting in 1967 while I was in junior high.. I took the train up from Union Station. The train ticket cost $10 and the lift ticket was $5. In 1968 I bought Head skis , Lange boots with Marker bindings. Oh god the girls were hot!
me too
Awesome video. My first trip there was 1978 and no there were no helmets or snowboards. And no one cared what you wore or equiptment you used. A much kinder, more enjoyable blink in time of this universe.
@@aqhakansas I was very blessed to have stumbled on this jewel
This is awesome. I learned to ski at Winter Park when I was 15 in late 1994. We drove all the way from SE Arkansas right after Christmas that year. Back then, the only way you could get to the top of Parsen Bowl (ie, the highest point at Winter Park) was to take the Timberline Lift. That lift was slow as molasses and could easily throw you off when you tried to get on it, but it made for a lot fewer people at the top. 😀
It was fun when you went through the Moffat tunnel it was completely dark and a food fight would break out every time. Yep rode that train when I was younger ride Jane smoke Jane 🔥😊
The most ‘70’s thing I’ve ever seen.
I learned to ski at Winter Park in 1972 when I was 15. Great memories!
An ounce of Mary Jane is worth a pound of Aspen.
Not in 1976.
2 of my genuinely happy moments of 2024: Skiing & post bar Winter Park and watching this video
I have looked for this video for years. I remember sitting in the Beaver Lodge as a child and watching this movie before we went out skiing. Thank you so much for finding it and posting it. So many memories.
@westonbaur7294 So glad I was able to find it and share it with the world!
@@westonbaur7294 I had the good fortune to work at Beavers in 75-76. My job title was Chore Boy which meant we did most anything around the resort including driving guests to the mountain. Maybe I chauffeured you back then!
Took a year off to ski bum around the West in the winter of 79 and found my way to Mary Jane for a couple of days. Outhouse!
I’ve taken many dump on outhouse
Little before my time there ('92-97) but still tickled some great memories. No pain no Jane!
I was there 90-92 seasons and I lived next to the railway line on the old post house. We spent many nights in The Crooked Creek Saloon! Lots of great memories in one of the best ski resorts ever! 🙌🏻💯🎿
That's the Mary Jane I remember. What an overwhelming wave of nostalgia. Thank you for posting this gem.
It's my pleasure ⛷️
This makes me extremely excited to be a lifty this winter
@richemoreno196 Its a fun mountain and community
I was a lifty on the Iron Horse lift in 77/78, the second year of operation. I was 22, lived in a crappy motel in Granby, no money, but one of the best years of my life!
Man, I miss the 1970s. The times were so much more colorful and poetic.
@andrewdiamond2697 You described that decade perfectly, my friend ❤️
Woooowser!! I grew up on the slopes of Snowmass, Highlands and sometimes even Buttermilk and this is like my childhood coming back to visit. Thank You!
Glad you enjoy the trip down memory lane my friend!
Back in the days when skiing in blue jeans wasn’t out of place. Also broken legs vs. knee injuries 😮
70's and 80's at Jane did not suck!!!!
@LB-fw6uq Whats your favorite memory from those days?
I remember when you stepped on a scale and the price of your lift ticket on the last day was based on your weight.
Haha@ How cool was that? Lol
And just like that, they became the Boomers we know today
This is incredible. The editing. The cosmic sound effects. The fact they actually named their expansion after the devils lettuce, the ganga, weed, herb, pot, grass, the MaryJane. Hilarious. I love it. The hair, the outfits, the dudes, the babes.
All those babes are older ladies now. I hope they are still skiing.
Didn’t know they had steeze in 76
Good old days of hotdogging.
Ski bummed there in the early 80 for 2 ski seasons, bartended at Winter Haven Ski Lodge, it's not there anymore sadly, it was on the northwest side of Vasquez Creek (bridge) and 40. Live in a 1 bedroom cabin behind the lodge on the creek, good times.
No helmets, just mullets! 😂 And long heavy skis mostly that were hard in the bumps...
@@RLDavis-h2h It was a completely different world!
Only snowboarders wear helmets.
@@LaughDragon Fellas is it gay to avoid brain damage
This is great!
@@azbacnikorange Like a time machine
No pain no Jane
Amazing!!
Thank you! Cheers!
I think so also
Ski bummed there in '76 / '77 This was truly a "blast from the past" with several familiar faces. Mary Jane was a 'lady of the evening' that held forth while they were building the Moffat Tunnel. Yes, there was some of the whacky tobaccy consumed...
@@billcarley6222 Precisely the story!
178 kinds of awesome. 10 years before my time in the valley
13 years for me ☺ worked at West Portal first year, then got the night job 😉
If you frenchfry when you should pizza, you'll have a bad time!
My brother and I were there when it opened. I don't remember so many lesbians.
"want to fly?" better have good insurance. Knees ain't cheap.
At first, MJ and WP were only connected by "Drunken Frenchman"... A cliff with moguls, about a quarter mile of hell. Now, keep in mind, when we started skiing, the skis were wooden, the boots were leather, the bindings were cable, and the Piz were Buin.
Where the hell did you get this
@@richemoreno196 Stumbled on it online
This is amazing. Thank you so much for posting this. I am a Grand County native, literally, and this video is really nice to see. Where were you able to source this from?
Glad you enjoyed it! I stumbled on this video online
epic!!!! who sings the mary jane song? Can we download it somewhere?
@@Floydfan2250 Haven't been able to locate it. May have to recreate
Dang! Yeah that's a killer song!
Does this Mary Jane train song have a name?
Yeah I wanna know I can't seem to find it!
Let me know if you find it!!!!
It was named Mary Jane because the local gave Mary Jane the land that is now the Mary Jane!! For her services if ya know what I mean!!
smoked alot of Mary Jane on those lifts! accompanied by a bota bag
@brianslota4861 Hahaha!! That's the Jane way!
Anybody know the name of this song or where ro find it?
@colinlewis8275 There are credits at the beginning of the video that have the artists name. Dale Menton is his name. Haven't had luck finding the song just yet myself.
What’s the song?
May have been made strictly for the video, I'm working on locating the artist or the song itself. Dale Menton is his name I believe
Is there anywhere to find the song? Gotta add it to the playlist.
Credits in the beginning show the music by Dale Menton. Haven't found the song anywhere just yet
What are those skinny snowboards attached to their feet and why do they have two of them?
Mine were Olin Mark IV's.
180 cm.
Kastinger World Cup Boots.
What a year.
My knees gave out before
the shaped skis came along.
No one wore helmets back then I guess
@@azbacnikorange Not even a thought then
Not even until 2010ish really
Even in the late 1980s I was racing GS in a knit cap.
$30k back then = $150k today!
I remember back when a Chair LIFT ticket was $6.00 and so many years went by and then the price went up to $8.00 which was unheard of, EVERYONE went into Shock, totally appalled!!! Now day's, it's a joke, there would have to be a min of 4' or more to get me to pay that amount of money 💰 🤑 to get me on the Mountain ⛰️. Washington state, 2024.
@@craigbosko2229 My season pass that year was only $230 !
Skied almost every day.
...Ain't exactly a Warren Miller, but ...
Not a helmet in sight.
Lived here for almost 20 years. It's slowly turning into Breckenridge. Less housing for locals, more second home owners. City market doesn't even have enough turkeys for the demand since we've grown 7x in the last year. Stay home and don't make my home yours!
@@nomad4594 This is my 12th season here in Winter Park. I've watched the growth explode in recent years.
@@IndigoVisuals Clark is ruining the valley.
ha. i left when Denver sold. no regrets best time of my life (so far)
Not Marijuana silly!!!!
@@johntravelstead2986 We enjoy Marijuana and our beloved MaryJane story!! Local prostitute in the 1800s
Not a helmet in sight 😍