1. The Von Trapps established The Trapp Family Lodge in 1950 with 27 rooms at Stowe, VT.

2. Eastern Boilerplate refers to a crust of ice on top of snow which frequently occurs at the low elevations on many Eastern US ski slopes.

3. The first American resort to stage a winter Olympics was Lake Placid, NY.

4. Ullr is the Norse god of Winter.

5. Vertical gate combinations on a race course are referred to as flushes.

6. Sonny Bono ran into a tree at Heavenly Valley.