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Colorado Snowsports Museum & Hall of Fame


Museum Hours

10 am to 6 pm DAILY // Free admission


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ENCORE: An Evening with Billy Kidd - 60th Anniversary of Olympic Medals - in STEAMBOAT

For this special “Through the Lens”, we’re taking our program on the road, to STEAMBOAT, for an encore presentation with Billy Kidd. On this evening, we will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Billy Kidd and Jimmie Heuga becoming the first American men to win Olympic medals in alpine skiing as they won the silver and bronze respectively in the slalom.

Program starts at 5:15 PM.

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Other Upcoming Events…

  • Friday, March 15 -4-5 pm | Members ONLY Apres Ski Party at the Colorado Snowsports Museum.

  • Tuesday, April 2 | Meet Vail’s Lost Boy. More information to come…

  • Saturday, April 13 | Silent Disco at the Museum!


New Exhibit! Letters Home

Colorado Snowsports Museum Premieres New 10th Mountain Division Exhibit: Letters Home


Years in the making, the Colorado Snowsports Museum is excited to premiere a new interactive, digital touchscreen display in our 10th Mountain Division exhibition: Letters Home. This revamped exhibit now includes access to our 10th Mountain Division archive, including digitized letters from soldiers, scrapbooks, photos, army communications, rosters, and more at the touch of a visitor's fingertips. Open NOW to the public!

This exhibit was made possible by our generous donors Kent Erickson and Barb Krichbaum and the Tenth Mountain Division Foundation.

Read more about this new exhibit via the Vail Daily HERE, in a deep dive.

We were also featured by Powder, HERE.


YOGA at the Museum is back!

Yoga Classes Every Saturday!

YOGA AT THE MUSEUM -- is back!

Starting this Saturday, January 20th. Join us with local instructors for your snow sports season morning stretch! With all that new snow out there, everybody can use a yoga session.

🧘‍♀️ Saturday mornings - 8:30 am to 9:30 am
🧘 $15 per person
🧘‍♂️ Bring a mat & water bottle
🧘‍♀️ All levels are welcome!

We hope to see you this Saturday! 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️


Vail History Walking Tours are back!

Vail Walking Tours ❄❄❄

Join us every Tuesday & Thursday at 11 am.

Tours are $10/per person.

Meet us at the Museum and we're off from there. Take a stroll through town with Ron, shown here next to the 10th Mountain Division statue, and other volunteers for a unique walking conversation about Vail's history as a ski town.


“Skiing in Colorado” Book Launch

New Colorado Ski History Book Told Through the Colorado Snowsports Museum’s Photo Archive

Created in collaboration with Arcadia Press, “Skiing in Colorado” will make its debut on October 30, 2023, telling the story of Colorado’s rich ski history accompanied by stunning black and white photographs from the Colorado Snowsports Museum, each photo sharing a unique perspective on this past.


Read more HERE.

Also covered by Powder- click HERE to see their coverage.

And the Vail Daily HERE.

Books are on sale now! Click the button below.


New Acquisition on Exhibit - Mikaela Shiffrin’s 2023 World Cup Globe

Pro skier, Chris Anthony places in a display case a new edition to the exhibit, a 2022-23 World Cup globe trophy donated by Mikaela Shiffrin after the ski racer broke it while filming a car commercial in Andorra in March 2023.

Jonathan Ingraham/Denver Gazette

"It is so awesome that Mikaela gifted the globe to the Snowsports museum," Mason said after the display case was closed up. "The back story of how it broke is so fun! As our hometown hero, it is so incredible that we have these precious artifacts of Mikaela's in the museum."

As with most of our artifacts, there’s quite a background story to this one!


New Jimmie Heuga Painting on Display

Allison Lefcort Painting of Jimmie Heuga on Loan

The Colorado Snowsports Museum is pleased to present a new work of art on display. This original artwork celebrates the achievements of Olympic bronze medalist Jimmie Heuga, with the source photograph captured in Grenoble, France in 1968. Jimmie was inducted into our Hall of Fame in 1987.

The artist behind this remarkable work is none other than Allison Lefcort, affectionately known as “the Princess of Pop” and widely acknowledged in the art world as the rightful heir to the Pop Art throne.

The creation of this commissioned portrait was graciously donated to The Jimmie Heuga Legacy Foundation for MS by Joanne Posner-Mayer, a dedicated friend and unwavering supporter of Jimmie Heuga. This piece is on loan to the CSM.


Congratulations to the Hall of Fame Class of 2023!

The Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame is pleased to announce that applications are now open for nominations to the Class of 2024.

Who do YOU think should be inducted into the Hall of Fame? It's that time of year again to submit applications.

Since 1977, the Hall of Fame has been recognizing people who have made an impact on snow sports in Colorado and we rely on nominations from the public to help us grow our long-standing institution.

To learn more about our Hall of Fame and to download the application, please click the button below.

The 2023 Class Photo:

From left to right:

Cynthia and Ernie Hildner

Seth Masia

Cheryl Jensen

John Norton

Missing from photo: Hilaree Nelson’s family and friends

Congratulations to all and thank you for making an impact on the snow sports industry!


Colorado Snowsports Museum is Proud to Welcome a New Donation: An Atomic Ski Representing Mikaela Shiffrin’s Recent Record-Breaking History

After Mikaela Shiffrin’s “Mikaela87” event in Vail, Eileen Shiffrin, Mikaela’s mother, donated one of the Atomic skis presented to Mikaela at the event to the Colorado Snowsports Museum (CSM). At the event, snow sports athletes presented Mikaela with Atomic skis created for the event – symbolizing each record Mikaela broke in 2023. When each ski was passed on to Mikaela the record she broke was acknowledged. The ski that we received was given to Mikaela by Oksana Masters, representing the “Most Alpine Ski World Cup Wins by Any Skier in History (88).” Read more about this donation and Mikaela’s 87 event HERE.

Thomas Walsh presenting Mikaela Shiffrin with her Atomic - record-breaking - ski.


“NBS Style Through the Decades”

A New Guest Curated Exhibit Celebrating the Fashion & History of the National Brotherhood of Skiers

Artist Lamont Joseph White was invited to help the Colorado Snowsports Museum revamp their 100 Years of Ski Fashion exhibition through the lens of the fashion and history of the National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS), as they celebrate their 50th Anniversary Black Ski Summit in Vail, Colorado this winter.

Learn more about the exhibit HERE.


James Bond Snowboard — Now on Display!

The Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame is excited to announce that the Tom Sims snowboard ridden in the James Bond movie “A View to a Kill” is now back on display at the Museum. Generously on loan to us by Hilary Sims, through the Colorado Snowboard Archive, this piece of pop culture was for many - the first snowboard they ever saw.

Photo credit: Colorado Snowboard Archive