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Featu res Sports MedfordmTribune SECTION R MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY. JANUARY 20, 1963 PAGES 1 lo 8 Mt, Ashland Recreation Area , VW.w'A Ht&Wd ' '"' ' ':S "' .v : The view from Mt. Ashland is one of the attractions toward establishing a recrea- jl('-ff 5fk J "fi ' " tion area and winter sports resort on the mountain. This picture shows Mt. McLough- WJ I SiifM W lin from tlle area on Ml' Asnland wnere resort has been proposed. Mt. Shasta in JJ j nortllern Califorma also is visible from Mt. Ashland to the south. 'i Jtvtli ,, I t-"- r. ; i v '- xJ Among area people on a tour of Mt. Ashland recently . Iyy , - Sty 7 j ' V J v. .".---:-' were, from left to right, Jackson County Commissioners v- . Jj J 1 - jfiy-w ' , , ifc rTj . : ' IV T . . 1 1 ' , Edwin Taylor and Donald Faber and !John Cotton of Ashland. 3 J'ff " ' Y'fst' w--"'1''' ; v ' 'St " : I V - -- Plans are under way to develop Mt. Ashland as a winter -jr y'-- 1 , "'.0tz n 1 ' I recreation area. ' , . ' , tjlSlf -fc" -'- - V ' ' 'J& 'III J '' " SjjiyS' "LJ J-V? J Cl Mrs- Jo,,n Co"on president 0 the Oregon Shakespearean trJ yr;"iVj V '"fc -5 fit f ' Festival association, and William Patton take time out from C3t" !?ifcv tl rv"V Ji "r tllcir skiiing 10 en'oy ,no view 'rom Mt..Ahland. Patton I rrf yi!k?L "X f ' Cx j 2 ls mana6er tne Shakespearean Festival, president of th wtfjf) 11 ybt?vC 1 1 WLi1 Ashland Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Mt. Tffy . ffJi ft$M(L l S" jrrfjr(S JLL. J Ashland Recreational Developers, which sponiored recent -' , .r - v ; . , ; p "-?w . f4: ': I! , " ,WiS!XtAfiSi Snow-packed slopes, such 1 fj VV JCV SI? fs5?Hri& skipr above, 'are available i) IfCVV" II ? VN V?fcS.OT.S about six month, of the year V ? J UV I Q H- S'lf'W&ffi for winter sport, on Mt. Ash- Y VZ H tS;P'y land. Siope" are relatively Q&1 frf) I' V A P i-isP i) skiing possible when the .now X Jlf-, i isnoidccp- Q T3) 7 . V : V5VOfc" - j&e4$Rt&: The picture at left shows a W ft " i jW" . " Vi4??!V group of skiers behind a Sno- XM. T it-. 1 C I . ' i t.CHt!. - TStC Cat on Mt. Ashiand. Treeless. M 5tfNI,'i. . ifTi t!Tl "" ""'C' 'iLKSW.' this enhance the possibility of l" 2?iS!i'ilr i ISJL - "-r ,Vrt' iC?,r . variety of winter, activities iriiVit .ififtt4.-;'r. 4 onM,-Asi,,and- A w Three skiing cnthisasts, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ekcrson, and Mrs. Myers Jonei (It right), relax between ski runs on Mt. Ashland. Several parties were on the mountain during a tour of the area rccenty by valley residents Interested in developing win lur recreation area there. (All pictures by Whitland Locke, Ashland.) if
