Archive for 2013

What a great night! – the Grand Opening of the museum was a grand success with notable visits from past and present US ski team members including  Megan Ganong, Travis Ganong, Tamara McKinney and Lila Lapana. Dr Richard Ganong, the US Ski Team physician and Vojko Lapana of the Yugoslavia Olympic ski team were also present for the opening.  Plenty of food and drink was provided to the crowded room by Joe Lanza and Eli Covell from the Hacienda del Lago.  The always generous Mike Akay, from Lake Tahoe Chocolates, suprised everyone by showing up with an excessive amount of assorted candies from his place in the Boatworks mall.  The highlight of the night were the opening ceremony speeches by historian and musuem partner David C. Antonucci and Bill Clark from the Auburn Ski Club thanking everyone for their support and generous donations for the project.  Now the only issue is what excuse we will come up with for the next museum party – coming soon!… Read more

Although we have been searching for 1960 Olympic items for many years this is the first “green” pennant we have ever come across. There are plenty of blue and red pennants in our collection – now, thanks to the Cronk family, we have the rare green one. As per Janet Cronk’s letter this originally was part of the William Corlett Estate, the architect of the ice skating rink and the designer of the Olympic logo. If you notice in the picture the logo is actually upside down on this pennant. The Cronk family also donated multiple rare magazine to the museum including Olympic editions of Time and Sports illustrated and a copy of the official Olympic program.

Thanks Cronk Family! We will soon put all of the items on display…. Read more

Bill Clark and the  Auburn Ski Club (ASC), our partners in the museum, added to their already fantastic ski display.  Now you can see historic ski boots, binding and skiing items that were all but forgotten.  This is a fraction of the ASC collection which can be seen at the Western SkiSport Museum at the top of Donner Summit at the Boreal Ski Area (Before visiting check the webiste for schedule of hours http://auburnskiclub.com/ski-museum/ ).  Thank you Bill Clark and ASC!… Read more

Lake Tahoe Ski Club (LTSC) , founded in 1929, has played an intergral part of our regions ski  history.   To the present day, the club has had more National Champions and Olympians than any other ski club in America. In addition to placing more than 60 members onto the U.S. Alpine Ski Team, many of its members are in the prestigious U.S. Ski Hall of Fame.  We are happy to have LTSC join us in helping to perserve our ski history and tell the grand story of this region.    (www.laketahoeskiclub.com)… Read more

Join in the celebration of Tahoe City’s 150 year anniversary by participating in the “Stroll Thru Time” Museum walk. It all starts August 30th at 3:00pm at the gatekeepers Museum. Then, off to Watsons Cabin Museum with music at Heritage Plaza beginning at 4:00pm. Cap off the evening at the Grand Opening of the Museum of Sierra Ski History and 1960 Winter Olympics at 5:30pm with refreshments followed by extended happy hours at the Hacienda Del Lago and Jakes on the Lake. Hope to see you there! (for full detail see “Events” page)… Read more

Large volume German drinking Stein owned by Lambert H. Spronck, Director of the Disney Finance Division for the 1960 Winter Olympics.  The Olympic stein is in Beautiful condition and will be on display shortly.  THANKS AGAIN SPRONCK FAMILY!… Read more

Jan Brisco has donated one of the rarest Olympic items to the museum – It is the head of one of the Disney Sculptures that was located in an old warehouse in Truckee.  The head has lost its white outer coating but is otherwise in great shape for something that was originally meant to last just beyond 2 weeks…. Read more

Walt Disney designed and created this rare Olympic flagpole plaque which was given personally to Lambert H. Spronck, Director of the Finance Division. Only 31 were made (one for each country) and only a few are known to exist –  Thank you Spronck Family for your generous donation!… Read more

We were very happy to host The Lake Tahoe Ski Club’s (LTSC)  July meeting at the Museum.  COMING SOON – we will be adding a display of the LTSC’s extensive history to the Museum. (www.laketahoeskiclub.com)… Read more

Bill Clark and the Auburn Ski Club have created an outstanding display of skis from many of Tahoe’s great skiers which is now on display…. Read more