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Morrie Shepard grew up with Pete Seibert, the visionary of Vail, and worked closely with Seibert during the founding of Vail. Beginning in 1962, Shepard was Vail Mountain's first Ski School Director.
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Alice "Widge" Ferguson poses with her original, customized wooden skis and beartrap bindings behind the Edelweiss in Vail Village. Widge's first skis were fitted with metal edges by her aeronautical engineer father, Andrew Willgoos. Although metal edging was eventually popularized by Howard Head, Willgoos may have pioneered this innovation. After Head learned that Widge Ferguson was Willgoos' daughter, Head expressed great admiration for her father's...