Ken Kempner

This Is Our Mountain Ken Kempner

This is a story of the Mt Ashland Ski Patrol-not the only story. These are the perspectives of some past and current patrollers on the creation and cultural changes of Mt Ashland Patrol's first fifty years. "We never had a ski area that was our own. Mt Ashland was ours. Not personally but we took personal responsibility for it. Our children were raised on Mt Ashland because if they were going to be part of our family they had to be part of skiing. It was totally family oriented. It was our mountain and we took care of it. We wanted it to be successful. " Barbara Hanel, wife of Jack Hanel one of the founding members of the Mt Ashland Patrol.