The 70's

The mid-seventies brought the retirement of Russ Haggett, they hayday of the freestyle movement and the beginning of the Swiss Ski School rage in the industry.

• 1972 - The largest one-year expansion, the East Area, is built with the installation of the East Chairlift & East Lodge
• 1969-1974 - Ruedi Wyrsch is ski school director, bringing freestyle and "ballet skiing" to Maine.
• Bruce Cole starts a freestyle program, which begins the careers of notables like: Greg Stump (2004 Inductee to the Maine Ski Hall of Fame), Geoff Stump, Peter Young (current Shawnee Peak instructor), Doug Rand and LeeLee Morrison (1988 Olympic Mogul Team Member).

The top shack and deck opened in 1970

East Chair – Installed for the 1972-73 season

Pleasant Mountain joins the turfskiing fad of the 1970's