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conversations.value: What is a description for a book titled Lost Ski Areas of Southern California about Ski, California, Snow with the genre: History, Americas?
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conversations.value: the author is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at Moreno Valley College. She founded the California Ski Library and authored Pray for Snow: The History of Skiing in Southern California (2002) and Skiing in Southern California (2007). She was awarded the Far West Ski Association's Western Ski Heritage Award (2002 and 2005), and the International Ski History Association's Skade Award (2003 and 2008). Doug Pfeiffer is an Honored Member of the Canadian and USA Ski Halls of Fame and a Vice President Emeritus of the International Skiing Heritage Association. He emigrated from Quebec in 1950, eventually making his way to Southern California to run ski schools first at Kratka Ridge, then Moonridge and Snow Summit. In 1976, after a few years away, he returned to Snow Summit where he still hangs his skis.