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Description

One of the Earliest Depictions of Ski Runs and Ski Lifts

Rare early ski resort pictorial map promoting recreation and skiing in and around Sun Valley, Idaho.

Attractive pictorial map by W. Willmarth highlighting the winter sports opportunities of the Sun Valley resort area. 

Very attractive and colorful tourist’s map of the popular ski area in Idaho. This very hard to find map centers on the Sun Valley Lodge, which opened in 1936, and the Challenger Inn, which opened in 1937. The world’s first chair lifts were installed on nearby Proctor and Dollar Mountains in 1936, graphically shown on the map with towers, cable and hanging chairs, each labeled as a “Chair Tow Line.”

Willmarth created a similar summer sports map.

Text on the back of the map refers to the "scheduled... 1938-39 season" suggesting the map printed in 1937 or '38.

We handled a variant of this map once before: www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/55104

Condition Description
Folding map, printed on both sides.