Local journals Vail skiing back to ‘65

By John LaConte

VAIL — Local John Dunn’s 50th anniversary of skiing Swingsville was a matter of record.He knows he skied that run on Vail Mountain on Dec. 5, 1965, because he kept a journal detailing the day. That journal, which he had been keeping for more than a decade at that time, he still keeps to this day.“It was fun as kids, when we would have a dispute about some familial fact, we could always go to the paper of record,” said Thom Dunn, John’s son. “Often, we would be able to settle it, because it had been documented.”Thom’s brother, Will Dunn, …

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