10th Mountain Division
One veteran of the 10th Mountain Division, Pete Seibert, returned to Colorado after the war to return to
skiing and became a member of the Aspen Ski Patrol, Aspen Ski School and eventually the manager of Loveland Basin Ski Area. While at Loveland, Pete and Earl Eaton began looking to develop another ski area in the Rocky Mountain region.
Earl Eaton grew up in Colorado and began skiing at a young age. By 1940, Eaton was working for the CCC in Glenwood Springs and ski racing in Aspen where he met Pete Seibert. Seibert and Eaton first climbed
Vail Mountain during the winter of 1957. Both agreed that this would be the perfect ski area!
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