![Averell Harriman, founder of Sun Valley, riding Proctor Mountain chairlift. Sun Valley, Idaho. | Idaho Cities & Towns Collection Averell Harriman, founder of Sun Valley, riding Proctor Mountain chairlift. Sun Valley, Idaho. | Idaho Cities & Towns Collection](https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iiif/cities/953/full/pct:50/0/default.jpg)
Averell Harriman, founder of Sun Valley, riding Proctor Mountain chairlift. Sun Valley, Idaho. | Idaho Cities & Towns Collection
![File:The chairlift at Ruud - Proctor Mountain in Sun Valley, Idaho USA (one of the first chairlifts ever).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:The chairlift at Ruud - Proctor Mountain in Sun Valley, Idaho USA (one of the first chairlifts ever).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/The_chairlift_at_Ruud_-_Proctor_Mountain_in_Sun_Valley%2C_Idaho_USA_%28one_of_the_first_chairlifts_ever%29.jpg)
File:The chairlift at Ruud - Proctor Mountain in Sun Valley, Idaho USA (one of the first chairlifts ever).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![How a Railroad Engineer From Nebraska Invented the World's First Ski Chairlift | Innovation | Smithsonian Magazine How a Railroad Engineer From Nebraska Invented the World's First Ski Chairlift | Innovation | Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/tQ7qZ2q7Br7UboDQTrZyUNFEanw=/1400x1050/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b9/c3/b9c3525c-7180-4fdd-a1a9-59ce2a93ef61/sv16.jpg)
How a Railroad Engineer From Nebraska Invented the World's First Ski Chairlift | Innovation | Smithsonian Magazine
![February is the most popular month for ski holidays in France and the United States | French-American Cultural Foundation February is the most popular month for ski holidays in France and the United States | French-American Cultural Foundation](https://frenchamericancultural.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_1469-copy-scaled.jpg)