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Fifty-six winters on a small-town ski hill · 1938–1994

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Illustrated panorama of Tincup Mountain at sunset: snowy navy peaks under a gold sun, a chairlift climbing to the summit, the lit lodge at the base, pines and two skiers.

Tincup Mountain Ski Area

Fifty-six winters on a small-town ski hill above Harlow, Idaho, 1938–1994.

Explore fifty-six seasons

A rope tow in 1938, a lodge in 1952, the Silver Spoon chair in 1963, night skiing, the Big Winter of 1985 and a last chair in 1994. This collection gathers what Harlow kept from its ski hill: posters, trail maps, lift tickets, season passes, patches, racing bibs, lodge menus and the voices of the people who ran it.

Fifty-six seasons

From the first rope tow on December 18, 1938, to the last chair on March 27, 1994.

412 inches

The snowfall of the Big Winter of 1984–85, the most in the hill's history.

35 Tincup Cups

Racers from three states ran the slalom every winter from 1958 to 1992.

4 lifts

The rope tow, the Tin Lizzie T-bar, and the Silver Spoon and Prospector chairs.

A poster for every decade

Harlow's sign painter, a Boise designer and the hill's own staff made a poster for each era, from Art Deco to neon.

Saved from the hill

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Hear the people who ran the hill

The ski school director, the lift operator who loaded the first chair and the last, and a patroller who raced the Tincup Cup.

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