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Legends of Showdown · The George Willett years, 1973–2020

1990s Klaus Ahmels — Rental Shop — Klaus Ahmels fitting skiis with kid

1990s Klaus Ahmels — Rental Shop — Klaus Ahmels fitting skiis with kidGeorge Willett Collection

Klaus Ahmels

Twenty-eight years in the rental shop

Legend of Showdown

Born: 13 September 1939, Weisstein, Germany
First skied at Showdown
First worked here: in the rental shop from 1988
Years at Showdown: 1988–2016
Positions: Rental shop crew, 1988–2016
Forestry technician, U.S. Forest Service

What they did

3 entries

1988Came to Neihart, and went on to work for Showdown Ski Area and the Forest Service for more than twenty years
September 2000On the Tribune's front page as a Forest Service forestry technician, moving fire barricades on a road near Neihart
December 2002Named in Showdown's newsletter among the rental crew you are used to, led by Jerry Solberg

Photographs

10 in the archive

1993 Jerry Solberg, Geoff Solberg, Shelly Dempsey, Klaus Ahmels — The Lodge Deck — 1993 Jerry Solberg, Geoff Solberg, Shelly Dempsey, Klaus Ahmels — The Lodge DeckGeorge Willett Collection

1993 Klaus Ahmels, Shelly Dempsey, Jerry Solberg, Geoff Solberg — The Lodge Deck — 1993 Klaus Ahmels, Shelly Dempsey, Jerry Solberg, Geoff Solberg — The Lodge DeckGeorge Willett Collection

1993 Klaus Ahmels, Geoff Solberg — The Lodge Deck — 1993 Klaus Ahmels, Geoff Solberg — The Lodge DeckDiane Carter Collection

2007 Klaus Ahmels, Sean Mcdonald — The Bar — Tacky Attire Day — 2007 Klaus Ahmels, Sean Mcdonald — The Bar — Tacky Attire DayGeorge Willett Collection

2009 Klaus Ahmels — Klaus Ahmels on Tacky Attire Day — 2009 Klaus Ahmels — Klaus Ahmels on Tacky Attire DayGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Klaus Ahmels — Rental Shop — Klaus Ahmels fitting skiis with kid — 1990s Klaus Ahmels — Rental Shop — Klaus Ahmels fitting skiis with kidGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Klaus Ahmels — The Bar — 1990s Klaus Ahmels — The BarGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Klaus Ahmels — Rental Shop — Klaus Ahmels fitting skis with kid — 1990s Klaus Ahmels — Rental Shop — Klaus Ahmels fitting skis with kidGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Cluas Ahmels-edited — 1990s Cluas Ahmels-editedGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Cluas Amos — 1990s Cluas AmosGeorge Willett Collection

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