Growing up, the vacations my family took were never to anywhere warm, nope not ever. My family went downhill skiing. My parents loved it and for many many years my brother and I did as well. It was fun to put 2 sticks on our feet and zoom down the hill as fast as we possibly could (I even won some races back in the day). Those are family memories I will hold dear for all the days I have left on this earth.

Now that I am older, I sadly don’t ski. My knees are crummy and I am disliking being cold more and more. So I appreciate the sport from afar now. So afar that today’s post is being written on my couch with a big warm sweater on and a hot cup of coffee while I admire Vintage Ski Posters from places like Canada, Vail, the Alps, Sun Valley and more without actually skiing.

Let the ski season begin!

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Vintage ski poster of a polar bear skiing

Southern Pacific Railroad – Play the Snow – 1936 vintage train travel ski poster.

1936 Vintage Ski Poster Illustration travel by train featuring downhill skiers enjoying the slopes.

Visit Switzerland for the ideal winter vacation -1940s Travel Poster. Our lady skier’s sweater is just so darn cute! People enjoying all winter sports.

1940s Vintage Ski Poster for Switzerland featuring a 1940s woman skier

Source: Pinterest

Ski in Quebec Lac Beauport Canada-1940s.

Ski in Quebec Lac Beauport Canada 1940s Vintage Ski Poster Travel Poster

Souce: Antikbar.co.uk

Cool vintage original ski poster designed by Sascha Maurer and issued by Felxible Flyer who licensed Splitkein skis in the US. The poster was printed for use by destinations who printed their local info in lower part of the poster. This one has an overprint by Smugglers Notch, Mt. Mansfield, Stowe (Source).

1940s Vintage Ski Poster for Splitkein skis in the US, Smugglers Notch, Mt. Mansfield, Stowe

Source: Posters Team

Winter Pleasures in Austria / Winterfreuden in Osterreich-1950s. Fantastic artwork by Paul Aigner (1909-1984) featuring a smiling young lady wearing warm clothing and leaning on her ski pole in the foreground with the snowy mountains of the Austrian Alps.

1950s Vintage Ski Poster-Winter Pleasures in Austria / Winterfreuden in Osterreich

Source: Mad on Collections

Ski Sunny Alberta a Winter Wonderland in the Canadian Rockies!

Vintage travel poster for skiing in Alberta Canada in the Rockies

Source: Etsy

1948 Sun Valley, Baldy Mountain poster.

1948 SUN VALLEY - Baldy Mountain - Vintage Ski Poster

Source: Etsy

Aspen, Colorado for all your skiing needs.

1940s 1950s Vintage ski Poster for Aspen Colorado

Source: Ebay

Ski Piedmont Italy- 1940s Ski Poster.

1940s Vintage Ski Poster-Ski in Italy

Source: Italian Ways

This winter visit the Alpine Inn in the Laurentian Mountains Ste. Marguerite Sta, Quebec, Canada.

Vintage Travel Poster-This winter visit the Alpine Inn in the  Laurentian Mountains Ste. Marguerite Sta, Quebec, Canada.

Source: Cardigans & Cravats

Switzerland has always been on my must visit list and Grindelwald looks pretty darn fantastic! 1943 Ski Poster.

1943 Vintage Ski Poster Grindelwald Switzerland

Source: Galerie 123.com

Lastly, hopefully when you get to your skiing destination there is snow, unlike our unfortunate gang in White Christmas (video link).

Question Time: Are you a skier? Downhill or cross country? If so please share in the comments below where you have gone that has been your favorite hills (I adored Vermont & The Rockies).

FURTHER READING: Love vintage travel? Then please check out my archived posts on that exact topic HERE.

Liz