90th Anniversary Booklet/FINAL.qxp_90th Anniversary Booklet 12/6/20 2:14 PM Page 60 1939 - Hjalmar Hvam, a Mt. Hood champion skier, invents the world's first useful release safety ski binding. This old photo of Government Camp shows the town full of cars parked along the streets. The majority of these are spectators who came to watch the ski jumping competition on Multorpor Hill, located outside of the photo to the right. Multorpor Hill is now part of Mt. Hood Skibowl East. The name Multorpor is a contraction of Multnomah county, Oregon, and Portland. 1942 - Schnee Voegli Ski Club started by a group of Portland high school boys as a men-only club. 1946 - Lower bowl chairlift installed at Skibowl Ski Area with wooden towers. 1948 - Portland Junior Chamber of Commerce starts free Ski School in effort to reduce ski accidents. 1949 - Gary Gast begins Mount Hood Ski School at Ski Bowl. 1949 - Howard Head markets the first commercially successful metal ski. 1954 - Ribblet double chairlift installed in upper bowl at Skibowl Ski Area. 1954 - Ski Bowl Ski School established. 1951 - Skiway aerial tram from Government Camp to Timberline Lodge opens. 1953 - Skiway aerial tram closes. 1955 - Henke Speed Fit buckle boots appear. 1955 - Skiyente Ski Club, organized as an all women's ski club to actively promote skiing. 1956 - Timberline holds first Summer Racing School. 1957 - The first useful aluminum ski poles made by Scott. ABOVE: The first Summer Racing School was held in 1956. A group of summer camp participants gather high up on Mt. Hood with its year-around snow cover. RIGHT: Another group of participants attend the Summer Racing School in 1956 above the Palmer Snowfield, near Illumination Rock, which is higher than the top of the current Palmer chairlift. LEFT: The Skiway Tram was a modified bus that traveled along stationary cables between Government Camp and Timberline in the 1950s. (Also see page 5.) RIGHT: Emilio Trampuz posts one of the safety signs marking the safety boundary on the south side of Mt. Hood. Anyone skiing beyond this boundary will have to spend several hours slogging through the forest and most likely having to spend a cold and wet night in the woods before finally reaching a road several miles lower down. photo taken by Janis Allen with Emilio's camera. 60 FWSA 90th Anniversary Booklet / 1930 - 2020