Lots of Details in One Picture (from Mark Cain)

The picture below was included in a gallery of pictures sent to me by Heidi Cain (daughter of owner Don Cain) a few years ago.  When I showed it to Mark Cain (son of owner Roy Cain), he sent me a few notes about what he saw there.  Quite a few details from a small picture from over forty years ago.

From a July 6, 2018 e-mail to Eric Elfner from Mark Cain:

"I really enjoyed the picture of the slalom course.  As you know, both of my boys raced in high school.  What a difference!  First, they wouldn’t even be allowed in the course without a helmet.  Second, now they aim for the gates.  Those old gates were bamboo poles.  Not only did they hurt if you hit them, but the next kid would be mad because it would probably fall over or break and he would have to wait for you to climb up and fix it.

"That picture was from the heyday!  A few things to note.  First, the rope tow track is down to the mud, so that lift is not running (probably from the sun shining on it).  We used to call that run the “intermediate” run.  Second, note that there is a second rope tow on the Headwall, skier’s left.  That wasn’t there for very long, but really helped when it was crowded.  Third, note the extra run that cut over from the top of the intermediate run, skiers right.  It ran from there to the bottom of the Bunny Hill.  At that time, you could ride either side of the Bunny Hill rope tow, and many of us got pretty good at switching from side to side on the way up the hill."


That is good stuff from Mark.  I never knew about the second tow on the Headwall or the South facing run from the top of the Bunny until I met him a couple years ago.  I also note in this photo that things seem very well in order with the snow fence keeping the Bunny HIll skiers on the Bunny and routing the skiers either down to the headwall or around and back to the bunny.