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Passion for skiing results in Forest Grove ski hill

In the 1950s and ’60s, Forest Grove was in its heyday. It was a bustling community where many small sawmills were thriving
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A skiing enthusiasts since his youth

In the 1950s and ’60s, Forest Grove was in its heyday. It was a bustling community where many small sawmills were thriving.

Ranches nestled in open areas and hunters and fishermen found their way into lodges and camps along the lakes.

Around this time, a young man began a unique project.

Dick Larsen had been a skier since his childhood on a farm south of Kamloops.

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