After the Allied victory, members of the
link 10th Mountain Infantry Division retired home to Colorado. In Europe,
link they witnessed how the sport of skiing could represent refinement and luxury in a way that had never before been seen, stateside. Skiing as part of tourism existed in the Northeast on a small scale but
link it didn't have the same flair that the 10th Mountain Division veterans witnessed on European slopes, so they decided to bring that culture to their home state.