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View
through a hazy spring afternoon
sky of Jay Peak from Southeast
near Troy, VT,
circa 1968; the tramway 'Sky
Haus' can be seen at top right
of Big Jay |
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Photo courtesy Bill Stenger,
Jay Peak |
Duane Lucier of Jay, VT, (former Jay Peak
manager of lifts and trails, and Walter's right hand man from "day one",
who accompanied Foeger on many a spur-of the-moment, marathon, promotional junket
around the Northeast states, and Canada) remembers, "Someone asked me recently
why we thought, way back then, that people would drive past all the other areas
north and south of here just to ski in this neck of the woods. So, I answered
him, 'Well, y' know, there's a guy (another Walter by the way) who got people
to drive thousands of miles to the middle of a swamp to see a mouse with big
ears - named Mickey. Now, if y' want'em to come, y've got to offer'em somethin'
diff'rent, and be a bit of a showman.' Well that was Jay Peak - and that was
Walter Foeger."
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March
1968 at Mount Shiga, Japan:
L. to R. Walter Foeger,
Eiko and Kozo Fujishima, and
Ellsworth Moore |
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Photo courtesy E. Moore |
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