This beautiful reproduction poster has been re-mastered from a 1970s advertising map for Mount Waterman Ski area, in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California.
The vibrant colors and detail of this classic image have been painstakingly brought back to life to preserve a great piece of history.
The high-resolution image is printed on heavy archival photo paper, on a large-format, professional giclée process printer. The poster is shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, and is ready for framing.
The 13"x19" format is an excellent image size that looks great as a stand-alone piece of art, or as a grouped visual statement. These posters require no cutting, trimming, or custom framing, and a wide variety of these frames are readily available at your local craft or hobby retailer, and online.
A great vintage print for your home, shop, or business!
HISTORY OF MT. WATERMAN SKI AREA
Mount Waterman is a ski area on Waterman Mountain in the San Gabriel Mountains of the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California. The area is located on California State Highway 2, the Angeles Crest Highway, and reaches a height of 8,030 ft with an overall vertical drop of 1,030 ft.
In 1939, Lynn Newcomb, Sr. with his brother William and his sons Ren Newcomb and Lynn Newcomb, Jr. built the first rope tow in the area. Mount Waterman claims to have had the second chairlift in California, opened by the Newcombs on January 1, 1941.
Lynn Newcomb, Jr. took over the operation after his father's death. Until 1968, the area retained its single chair, chair lift and three rope tows from 1941. Then chair number two was added, a fixed grip double.
Lynn Jr. ran the ski area for all but a two-year period, until the 1990s, when it was sold to two San Gabriel Valley businessmen. The new owners returned the resort to Newcomb when their ambitious plans for snowmaking and other improvements at the ski area fell through.
The snowfall at Mt. Waterman is very erratic, and with no snowmaking equipment, skiing revenue is unpredictable. Because of the erratic conditions, it is not uncommon for the resort to be closed for multiple consecutive seasons.
In March, 2000, Newcomb sold Mount Waterman to a group of Southern California businessmen. Together, the businessmen formed Angeles Crest Resorts (ACR) and operated Mount Waterman and neighboring Snowcrest ski area beginning in 1999.
The resort did not operate between July 2001 and February 2008, mostly due to a failure to meet U.S. Forest Service operating requirements.
In 2006, Rick Metcalf, an associate of Lynn Newcomb, and longtime Waterman skier formed Mount Waterman LLC and purchased the Mount Waterman and Kratka Ridge ski areas. A lack of snow prevented the resort from opening until February 2008.
For the next several years, Mt. Waterman operated sporadically due to lack of snow and road closures on Highway 2.
As of April, 2024, Mt. Waterman Ski Resort has been offered for sale for $2,275,000.
