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Joe-Pete has always been energetic and involved. He jokes, “Too much energy and too few brains.” His knowledge of the area is extensive. This fact, many times, can help guests more fully enjoy the area. The Inn has been under his management since about 1970 and JP says he thinks he’s slowly learning the ropes!
The old horse drawn mowing machine that kept the dairy cows and riding stable horses happy in the winter. This McCormick-Deering mowing machine did its job on the farm for years and was the envy of the farmers for miles around. There were numerous McCormick-Deering Machines on the farm-considered by many to be the Rolls Royce of farm machinery at that time.
“Bucky” the horse finally passed on after many years and one million miles of service with never a breakdown. Bucky did everything a horse is supposed to do on a farm, including eating thistle bushes-which most people can’t even look at without getting a tingle along their spine-to opening gates so that all of the other horses could visit the neighbors gardens.
To Joe-Pete’s left was the spectacular Olympic Ski Jump. Directly in front are the Alpine Ski Trails, including the challenging downhill course. To the right, the Olympic Village in a perfect alpine setting and to the rear is the famous three-sided or open-sided Olympic Skating Stadium. From this spot it was possible to view eight winter Olympic events at any one time including figure skating, ice hockey, speed skating, downhill, giant slalom/ slalow skiing, ski jumping and cross-country skiing. Also, you could watch the nightmare of parking a zillion cars on a small, narrow alpine valley floor-on snow that couldn’t be plowed. (It was packed with layers of sawdust for flavor.)
Joe-Pete was responsible for building the famous log cabin at The Trapp Family Lodge, establishing the sales, rentals and instruction, and the layout of the first major trail expansion. Joe-Pete was a prime mover in establishing the first program to certify instructors in Cross Country Skiing in the U.S. Now known as P.S.I.A. (Professional Ski Instructors of America)
It was considered by many to have launched the boom in cross-country skiing that occurred in the sport in the 1970’s.
Joe-Pete was a member of the U.S. Four Man Bobsled Team that won a bronze medal in the World Championships in 1965 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The team missed the Silver Medal by 1/100th of a second over a two-day period and a total of four runs.
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