Ski Museum presents multimedia presentation on history of skiing
Toni Matt takes to the air. A former Austrian National Junior Champion, Matt was the ski school director at Big Mountain from 1949 to 1955. He was also instrumental in laying out the downhill race course when Big Mountain hosted the 1949 and 1951 US National Championships. A prominent ski run at Whitefish Mountain Resort bears his name. (Courtesy photo)
The Whitefish Ski Heritage Center Museum will present “Raising Hell Roaring” at the O’Shaughnessy on March 9.
“Raising Hell Roaring” is a homegrown multimedia, feature-length presentation that tells the story of skiing on Big Mountain and throughout the region, from Logan Pass to the Cabinet Mountains beginning in the 1930s. Utilizing rare archival film footage, photos, books, letters and first-hand accounts, the stories from seven decades of skiing are presented in a fast-paced, sometimes hilarious and occasionally tragic fashion that will be appreciated by newcomers and long-time participants alike.
“Raising Hell Roaring” will play at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish on Saturday, March 9. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online at whitefishskimuseum.org. Adult tickets are $20; Students, military and seniors tickets are $15.
The Ski Museum is located at 705 Wisconsin Avenue in the historic Saddle Club cabin adjacent to the Stumptown Ice Den in Whitefish. The museum features a 10th Mountain Division “Ski Troops” exhibit, a photographic exhibit of showing the history of skiing in the Flathead Valley and on Big Mountain, a Hall of Fame honoring the ski pioneers and local skiing legends, a life-size cutaway reproduction of the interior the Hellroaring Ski Cabin circa 1935 and a video library featuring rare footage of skiing in the Valley and around Montana in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. The museum is open from noon to 5 p.m. on Wednesday through Saturday. For Ski Heritage membership information, visit whitefishskimuseum.org/memberships