JACKSON — The Whitney Community Center in Jackson hosted a talk on Black Mountain on Sunday night that attracted a crowd of 60 ski history enthusiasts.
The talk was presented by Tom Eastman of The Conway Daily Su n and Jeff Leich, director emeritus of the New England Ski Museum.Among those in attendance were Austrian ski history filmmakers Alessandra Ravinelli and Marcus Knaus of Blue Danube Media of Austria.
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