The Seattle Ski Park of 1934 (at Snoqualmie Pass) was ‘close to heaven’

Amid the Depression, Seattle Mayor John F. Dore led efforts to open the first municipally owned ski facility in the country, at Snoqualmie Pass, in 1934.

​Amid the Depression, Seattle Mayor John F. Dore led efforts to open the first municipally owned ski facility in the country, at Snoqualmie Pass, in 1934.   Amid the Depression, Seattle Mayor John F. Dore led efforts to open the first municipally owned ski facility in the country, at Snoqualmie Pass, in 1934.