Race/Related: 2,000 Black skiers celebrate a milestone

The National Brotherhood of Skiers recently observed 50 years of camaraderie on the slopes. 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I quickly came to understand: At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, I saw Black skiers and snowboarders checking in their skis, boots and boards. When I landed in Denver, there were groups of mountain-bound people in their matching ski club jackets. By the time I got to the [Hythe Hotel](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP4QiAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm1hcnJpb3R0LmNvbS9lbi11cy9ob3RlbHMvZWdlbGMtdGhlLWh5dGhlLWEtbHV4dXJ5LWNvbGxlY3Rpb24tcmVzb3J0LXZhaWwvb3ZlcnZpZXcvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwMjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTg2Mjg1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2NpZD1mMmFlMDU0MS0xMjc5LTRmMjQtYjE5Ny1hOTc5Yzc5MzEwYjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjYyOTAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmP23fj5Y2TfbmdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) in Vail, I had a sense of the vastness of the event I was attending. “There’s something special about this week and the way we all gather here,” said Michele Lewis, 72, a member of Philadelphia’s [Blazers Ski Club](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP0S4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmxhemVyc3NraWNsdWIub3JnLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDIyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04NjI4NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTI2MjkwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpj9t34-WNk325nUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), as she stood atop Vail Mountain on the second day of the summit. “When I started skiing, I didn’t know that so many Black people skied, but here we are.” This year’s gathering, called Soul on the Snow, drew 2,000 people to Vail from Feb. 4 to 11. Newbies took lessons, while the old-timers got their regular runs in. Some people broke off into groups for snowmobiling and tubing. There were chances to participate in ski races, learn about new gear and try different kinds of skiing. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDIyNSZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwMjI1VwNueXRCCmP23fj5Y2TfbmdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) The hub of the weeklong gathering was the Hythe, a short walk from the Eagle Bahn Gondola and the Born Free Express and Pride Express lifts. Its lower level hosted banquets and dinners throughout the week. Happy hours and panels on the main floor were hard to miss, and families gathered in the outdoor firepit area every evening to make s’mores. Outside the hotel, the Tavern on the Square, with its large outdoor patio, seemed to have a constant waiting list of people hoping to go straight from the slopes to the bar. Before skiing, after skiing and even after the parade kicking off the week’s celebrations, where each ski club showed off its jackets and spirit, [Garfinkel’s](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP0SvaHR0cHM6Ly9nYXJmc3ZhaWwuY29tLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDIyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04NjI4NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTI2MjkwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpj9t34-WNk325nUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) bar was the place to be. This year, the singers Ne-Yo and Anthony Hamilton popped into town to perform, too. The birth of the Brotherhood In the 1960s, Benjamin Finley, who goes by Ben, hoped to go on a ski trip to Yosemite. Mr. Finley, who is now 84, figured that if he could rustle up a group of 12, the trip would be much more affordable, so he asked the people he played volleyball with at a community center in Los Angeles if they would be interested. To his surprise, more than 30 people said yes. And instead of car-pooling to Yosemite, the group chartered a bus. That was the beginning of the [4 Seasons West Ski & Snow Club](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP0S1aHR0cHM6Ly80c3cuY2x1YmV4cHJlc3MuY29tLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDIyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04NjI4NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTI2MjkwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpj9t34-WNk325nUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). Similar stories led to the founding of the [Jim Dandy Ski Club](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP0TEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuamltZGFuZHlza2ljbHViLmNvbS9kZWZhdWx0LnBocD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDIyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04NjI4NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTI2MjkwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpj9t34-WNk325nUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) in Michigan and the [Sno-Gophers](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP0S0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc25vZ29waGVycy5vcmcvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwMjI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTg2Mjg1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xMjYyOTAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmP23fj5Y2TfbmdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) in Chicago. The Brotherhood now consists of more than 50 clubs and has about 5,000 members. With most African Americans living in cities without easy access to snowy mountains, group trips made it easier to participate in the sport, something that remains true. In the 1960s and ’70s, going to ski towns in groups also ensured a sense of safety in numbers. In New York, people would hop on buses from Harlem to Hunter Mountain; in California, they’d go from Los Angeles to Tahoe and Yosemite. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-1) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc3JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDIyNSZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwMjI1VwNueXRCCmP23fj5Y2TfbmdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) In 1972, Mr. Finley heard about Arthur Clay, who goes by Art. Mr. Clay, who is now 85, was a fellow Black skier and member of the Sno-Gophers. The men got on the phone and talked about bringing together Black ski clubs from around the country. They drew 13 clubs to Aspen in 1973, more or less accidentally giving rise to the National Brotherhood of Skiers. Ski clubs from across the country marched through Vail for the summit’s opening paradeAndrew Miller for The New York Times “None of this was intentional,” Mr. Finley said. “This whole journey is like a snowball running downhill. We started going and it just got bigger and bigger.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-2) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP0SZaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIzMDIyNSZ0ZT0xJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjMwMjI1VwNueXRCCmP23fj5Y2TfbmdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Days before that first gathering, which a member of the Jim Dandy Ski Club in Detroit suggested be called a summit, Mr. Finley and Mr. Clay decided to send a news release letting the world know that Black skiers were coming to Aspen. The announcement made Aspen residents nervous, and the governor at the time, John Arthur Love, put the National Guard on alert — “just in case we acted up,” Mr. Finley said. “It wasn’t until four years later when we were sitting down with people from Aspen planning another summit that they revealed precisely what had happened before the first one,” he said. “I do know that Aspen was happy to take our money.” At that first gathering in Aspen, which was attended by 350 people, members of the group talked about their experiences, sharing information about which ski towns had been welcoming, which ones hadn’t, what kind of fee or dues structure worked, and what kinds of clothes and hairstyles worked best on the mountain. Most people said they rarely experienced racism on the slopes, something that has continued to surprise them. But they often hear from people in their lives who are nervous about encountering microaggressions, racism and judgment for participating in a sport that hasn’t historically been the most accessible or welcoming to Black people. After the first summit, the group became concerned not just with getting Black people on the slopes, but also with creating and supporting a pipeline of Black skiers and snowboarders who could make it to the national team and the Olympics. The organization set up a scholarship fund for young skiers and gave financial and moral support to [Bonnie St. John](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP4QeAWh0dHBzOi8vdXNvcG0ub3JnL2Zyb20tc2FuLWRpZWdvLXRvLXZlcm1vbnQtdG8taGFydmFyZC10by1pbm5zYnJ1Y2stdG8tb3hmb3JkLWFuZC1iZXlvbmQtcGFyYWx5bXBpYy1za2llci1ib25uaWUtc3Qtam9obi13YXMtbm8tam9rZS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMzAyMjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9ODYyODUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyNjI5MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKY_bd-PljZN9uZ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), the first African American to win medals at the Paralympic Winter Games in 1984, and [Andre Horton,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly9hbmRzY2FwZS5jb20vd2hody9hbmRyZS1ob3J0b24tdGhlLWZpcnN0LWJsYWNrLW1lbnMtc2tpZXItb24tdGhlLXUtcy1hbHBpbmUtdGVhbS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMzAyMjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9ODYyODUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTEyNjI5MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKY_bd-PljZN9uZ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) the first Black man to compete for the U.S. Alpine team. Read the rest of the story [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRl3H3dP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wMi8yNC90cmF2ZWwvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1za2llcnMtc25vd2JvYXJkZXJzLXZhaWwuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIzMDIyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD04NjI4NSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTI2MjkwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpj9t34-WNk325nUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). EDITORS’ PICKS We publish many articles that touch on race. Here are several you shouldn’t miss. 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