REI Presents: Brotherhood of Skiing
In 1973, when Art Clay and Ben Finley organized the
first known gathering of Black skiers at an event in
Aspen, Colorado, they couldn’t have known then that
their organization would eventually become one of
America’s largest ski clubs, which is still going strong
today, 46 years later. The purpose of that first
gathering, according to Finley, was to “identify and
discuss problems and subjects which were unique to
the Black skiing population, ski and socialize"