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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Southern Pacific Railroad – Play the Snow – 1936 vintage train travel ski poster.
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.
Source: Pinterest
Ski in Quebec Lac Beauport Canada-1940s.
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).
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.
Source: Mad on Collections
Ski Sunny Alberta a Winter Wonderland in the Canadian Rockies!
Source: Etsy
1948 Sun Valley, Baldy Mountain poster.
Source: Etsy
Aspen, Colorado for all your skiing needs.
Source: Ebay
Ski Piedmont Italy- 1940s Ski Poster.
Source: Italian Ways
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.
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
Love ALL these posters. The resorts in the Canadian Rockies had some awesome posters, too.
They are wonderful! I did not really add them in this one because I have featured many of those posters in my multiple “Visit Canada” blog posts. I wanted to showcase ones I have not shared yet.
Every one of these is delightful! I’ve never been skiing and now I’m too old to try, as my knees could not take it like you said. Looks like a young man’s game.
Pretty much lol! Glad you enjoyed them 🙂
Wonderful selection.
Thanks so much!
Liz