Mount Diamond Ski Club

From the Caravan, the Lassen College Yearbook, 1940

This Lassen College ski club was organized in the fall of 1939. In the 1930s, skiing was all the rage in the region. In 1934, Westwood’s Paul Bunyan Ski Club constructed a ski jump on Fredonyer. In 1938, Lassen College forestry students built a ski hill and warming hut at Willards some six miles west of Susanville. Of course, this ski club took advantage of many skiing events held at Mineral and Lassen Park. The club had a very short existence and went dormant by 1942, one of the many affects caused by World War II.

Willard Hill, 1940. Courtesy of Margaret A. Purdy

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