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- December 1, 1996
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Location:Plumas Eureka Ski Bowl
Time:10:00AM Sunday, January 17th
Michael
The Plumas Ski Club began operation of the Plumas-Eureka Ski Bowl at it's present site during the season of 1957-58. However, the history of skiing in the Plumas County area of the northern Sierra dates back to 1860. Very few people realize that this distinguishes the m...ountains between Johnsville and LaPorte as the oldest recorded sport skiing in the western hemisphere. During the later portion of the 19th century, historic towns in Plumas and Sierra counties including LaPorte,Howland, Flat, Port Wine and Johnsville served as popular winter playgrounds for skiers. Only the Johnsville area continues to serve both locals and visitors as a site for the increasingly popular Nordic and telemark style skiing as well as alpine and downhill skiing. By 1863, Gold Mountain, now known as Eureka Peak, above the then thriving mining town of Johnsville had a down-the-hill ski run of 2600 feet. An early day "longboard" ski racer was reported to have reached a speed of 90 mph. According to oral history, the mining ore buckets going up Gold Mountain were used by skiers as possibly the first ski-lift in the world. In 1937, two young Quincy men designed the first real ski lift in Plumas County. Unfortunately, they built the lift on the lower slopes of Mt Washington in an avalanche path. The lift was eventually relocated to the steep slopes behind the Plumas-Eureka StampMill. At one time the present Plumas-Eureka State Park museum served as a ski lodge. In 1950 the Plumas Ski Club was organized as a non-profit organization by skiers from Blairsden, Portola and Quincy. The Ski Club was involved in promoting both downhill and cross country skiing and ran a rope tow near the museum until 1954. In 1955 the Ski Club moved the rope tow to the present site in Eureka Bowl which had historically been used for skiing in the 19th century. Over the years, members of the Ski Club have contributed money and labor to develop the Plumas-Eureka Ski Bowl. As years passed, a warming hut was built and the lifts were expanded to include the present day poma lifts. In 1959, Plumas-Eureka Ski Bowl became part of the state park.
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Graeagle.com Heard about two New Year's Eve parties so far: One is at Greenhorn Ranch, and one is at Longboards Bar & Grill. What have you heard? Reply to this post.
Kevin Christiansen How much snow is in graeagle?
Marcia Hardisty I've always loved Graeagle. Especially Mill Works and the gift boutiques. But I must say, I prefer it in the summer. Too much snow for me in winter.
Graeagle.com Christmas Day Dinner at Mt Tomba Inn. For just $25.95 per person, you can enjoy a delicious homestyle dinner at Mt. Tomba Inn served from 3:00pm to 7:00pm, Christmas Day. But, here is the catch, you MUST make your reservation by Sunday, December 20th, so they have enough time to prepare the food, which just happens to ...be slow roasted ham or turkey that they de-bone and marinate for 3 days, then slow roast for 4 hours! Yummy! And, all dinners are served with cream of broccoli soup, salad and "Mother Made" coffee cream pie. Yup, the pie is made by the owner's mother! How can you refuse that? Your entrée will include veggies, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and fresh turkey gravy made with fresh turkey stock from the de-boned whole turkeys. Call toll free, 1-866-920-8725 for reservations
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Visit our dine-in restaurant and bar in Cromberg, California, near Graeagle. John Wayne theme bar.
Graeagle.com Enjoy the Graeagle Holiday Festival today! Take a picture with Santa and post it on our Facebook Wall.
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Downtown annual Christmas Holiday Celebration in Graeagle. View more pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/graeaglewor
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Graeagle.com We have updated our December news. Check it out at graeagle.com. Don't forget the Holiday Festival this weekend.
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Graeagle, California, is the only place in the high sierra where the great outdoors meets fine country charm and hospitality.
Barbara Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
