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A Place for Winter Sports
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Marys Peak winter sports area, once regarded as one of the best in the west (with the exception of Mount Hood), had a portable ski tow and ski hut operated by the Helonskis Ski Club.

In February 1937, the Corvallis Gazette-Times noted, "For winter sports the top of the Peak is said to be excellent..."

Vintage photo of hiking in snow on Marys Peak, Oregon, circa 1915.
Student group from Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) in deep snow on Marys Peak, about 1915. ©BCHM 1980-088.0020.

 

OSC President George W. Peavy playing at Marys Peak, Oregon

George W. Peavy, former Oregon State College (now Oregon State University) President, making a snow angel on top of Marys Peak. Photo courtesy ©Oregon State University Archives P192:47.
 
     
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