Colorado Snowsports Museum & Hall of Fame
We are CLOSED for Mud Season and our annual inventory. We will reopen on Thursday, May 16.
Summer Hours:
Thursday, May 16 to Friday, May 24 -- 11 am- 5 pm
Starting Friday, May 24 hours will be 10 am - 6 pm through September 30
The Museum is CLOSED 4/25-5/16.
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The Museum is CLOSED 4/25-5/16. 〰️
2024 Golf Tournament!
The Colorado Snowsports Museum’s Golf Tournament fundraiser is back — slated for Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Foursome teams are invited for a fun-filled day on the green. Join us for golf, good food, and friends!
We are also offering hole sponsorships this year. Promote your company on the Norman Course and support a great cause.
Location: RED SKY GOLF CLUB: 376 RED SKY ROAD WOLCOTT, CO
Registration begins at 10 AM — 12 PM shotgun start
All proceeds benefit the Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame.
Vail History Walking Tours
We look forward to welcoming our community and visitors back for Vail History Walking Tours this summer.
Tours begin on Tuesday, June 25 to Thursday, September 26.
No tour on Thursday, July 4th
Join us every Tuesday and Thursday at 11 am for all things Vail history. Please meet at the Colorado Snowsports Museum and prepare for about an hour long walking tour through the Town of Vail. Learn about Vail’s storied past and important snow sports history. Hear the stories and learn all about the people who made this town and ski resort a globally recognized destination.
Tours are $10/person.
New Exhibit! Letters Home
Colorado Snowsports Museum Premieres New 10th Mountain Division Exhibit: Letters Home
Years in the making, the Colorado Snowsports Museum is excited to premiere a new interactive, digital touchscreen display in our 10th Mountain Division exhibition: Letters Home. This revamped exhibit now includes access to our 10th Mountain Division archive, including digitized letters from soldiers, scrapbooks, photos, army communications, rosters, and more at the touch of a visitor's fingertips. Open NOW to the public!
This exhibit was made possible by our generous donors Kent Erickson and Barb Krichbaum and the Tenth Mountain Division Foundation.
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Read more about this new exhibit via the Vail Daily HERE, in a deep dive.
We were also featured by Powder, HERE.
“Skiing in Colorado”
New Colorado Ski History Book Told Through the Colorado Snowsports Museum’s Photo Archive
Created in collaboration with Arcadia Press, “Skiing in Colorado” will make its debut on October 30, 2023, telling the story of Colorado’s rich ski history accompanied by stunning black and white photographs from the Colorado Snowsports Museum, each photo sharing a unique perspective on this past.
Read more HERE.
Also covered by Powder- click HERE to see their coverage.
And the Vail Daily HERE.
New Acquisition on Exhibit - Mikaela Shiffrin’s 2023 World Cup Globe
Pro skier, Chris Anthony places in a display case a new edition to the exhibit, a 2022-23 World Cup globe trophy donated by Mikaela Shiffrin after the ski racer broke it while filming a car commercial in Andorra in March 2023.
"It is so awesome that Mikaela gifted the globe to the Snowsports museum," Mason said after the display case was closed up. "The back story of how it broke is so fun! As our hometown hero, it is so incredible that we have these precious artifacts of Mikaela's in the museum."
As with most of our artifacts, there’s quite a background story to this one!
New Jimmie Heuga Painting on Display
Allison Lefcort Painting of Jimmie Heuga on Loan
The Colorado Snowsports Museum is pleased to present a new work of art on display. This original artwork celebrates the achievements of Olympic bronze medalist Jimmie Heuga, with the source photograph captured in Grenoble, France in 1968. Jimmie was inducted into our Hall of Fame in 1987.
The artist behind this remarkable work is none other than Allison Lefcort, affectionately known as “the Princess of Pop” and widely acknowledged in the art world as the rightful heir to the Pop Art throne.
The creation of this commissioned portrait was graciously donated to The Jimmie Heuga Legacy Foundation for MS by Joanne Posner-Mayer, a dedicated friend and unwavering supporter of Jimmie Heuga. This piece is on loan to the CSM.
Congratulations to the Hall of Fame Class of 2023!
The Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame is pleased to announce that applications are now open for nominations to the Class of 2024.
Who do YOU think should be inducted into the Hall of Fame? It's that time of year again to submit applications.
Since 1977, the Hall of Fame has been recognizing people who have made an impact on snow sports in Colorado and we rely on nominations from the public to help us grow our long-standing institution.
To learn more about our Hall of Fame and to download the application, please click the button below.
The 2023 Class Photo:
From left to right:
Cynthia and Ernie Hildner
Seth Masia
Cheryl Jensen
John Norton
Missing from photo: Hilaree Nelson’s family and friends
Congratulations to all and thank you for making an impact on the snow sports industry!
Colorado Snowsports Museum is Proud to Welcome a New Donation: An Atomic Ski Representing Mikaela Shiffrin’s Recent Record-Breaking History
After Mikaela Shiffrin’s “Mikaela87” event in Vail, Eileen Shiffrin, Mikaela’s mother, donated one of the Atomic skis presented to Mikaela at the event to the Colorado Snowsports Museum (CSM). At the event, snow sports athletes presented Mikaela with Atomic skis created for the event – symbolizing each record Mikaela broke in 2023. When each ski was passed on to Mikaela the record she broke was acknowledged. The ski that we received was given to Mikaela by Oksana Masters, representing the “Most Alpine Ski World Cup Wins by Any Skier in History (88).” Read more about this donation and Mikaela’s 87 event HERE.
Thomas Walsh presenting Mikaela Shiffrin with her Atomic - record-breaking - ski.
“NBS Style Through the Decades”
A New Guest Curated Exhibit Celebrating the Fashion & History of the National Brotherhood of Skiers
Artist Lamont Joseph White was invited to help the Colorado Snowsports Museum revamp their 100 Years of Ski Fashion exhibition through the lens of the fashion and history of the National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS), as they celebrate their 50th Anniversary Black Ski Summit in Vail, Colorado this winter.
Learn more about the exhibit HERE.
James Bond Snowboard — Now on Display!
The Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame is excited to announce that the Tom Sims snowboard ridden in the James Bond movie “A View to a Kill” is now back on display at the Museum. Generously on loan to us by Hilary Sims, through the Colorado Snowboard Archive, this piece of pop culture was for many - the first snowboard they ever saw.
Photo credit: Colorado Snowboard Archive