Colorado\'s Central and Southern Mountains still draw droves of skiers to the slopes.
Now underneath Lake Dillon, Prestrud Jump hosted tournaments where Olympian Anders Haugen broke ski-jumping wor.
Local hills like Whittaker Ranch near Eagle featured little more than a rope tow and warming hut.
However, many of the historic runs and Areas that were popular over the past century--some near the current resorts of Aspen, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Purgatory, Telluride and Vail--no longer exist.
Colorado\'s Central and Southern Mountains still draw droves of skiers to the slopes