Mount Spokane then and now

We've paired photos of snow sports on Mount Spokane from past and present.

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Thu., Dec. 24, 2009

Ski instructor Jerry Perry starts down a slope at Mount Spokane in February 1940. "You see, it's like this," he said to those watching.

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Will Brandenburg, a 2005 Mead High School graduate and now on the U.S. Ski Team, shows his stuff on Mount Spokane on Jan. 31, 2007. Brandenburg skied at the Schweitzer Alpine Racing School before joining the U.S. team.

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During the 1937 ski season skiers Mrs. Frank Weaver, Sam Wingard, and Mrs. Conrad Rooth stop on their way down from the summit long enough to have a photo taken.

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Seventh-graders Vance Korff, left, and Greg Znovets wait for their buddies on the slopes at Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park on Feb. 12, 2009. The two are part of the Centennial Middle School ski program, which takes more than 70 kids and parents up to the hill once a week.

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Members of the Spokane ski club line at the top of the jump hill on Mount Spokane on March 1, 1936. Fabian Smith, club member and one of Spokane's most skilled amateur photographers, too the photo.

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Centennial Middle School students haul their ski gear up to the lodge at Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park on Feb. 12, 2009. The students are part of Centennial's ski program, which takes more than 70 kids and parents up to the hill once a week.

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Cars of skiers parked at Mt. Spokane in 1951.

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Sixth-grader Josh Miller hauls his gear up to the lodge at Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park on Feb. 12, 2009. He is part of the Centennial Middle School ski program, which takes more than 70 kids and parents up to the hill once a week.

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People ride the chairlift at Mount Spokane in 1958.

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Snowboarders ride up chair 5, with the Ski Patrol building behind them, under the lights in the evening Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 at Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park.

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A skier enjoys the view on Mount Spokane in 1956.

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Mountain manager Brad McQuarrie speaks to ski patroller Kim Price near the out-of-bounds area on Dec. 6, 2006, at Mount Spokane.

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