Connects: Snowmass Ski Area, Showcase Ski Run, Reader’s Ski Run
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The shrine is a wooden shelter built in memory of the snowboard instructor Eric Smith
Snowmass, CO – Shrine
The Eric Smith Shrine is a wooden hut structure dedicated to the Snowmass snowboard instructor who died on February 24, 2003 from a rare form of cancer. He was 37. The shrine is located between the ski runs Showcase and Reidar’s.
More information about the shrine can be found at:
Sanctuaries in the Snow – Eric Smith Shrine
More information about Eric Smith can be found at:
The Aspen Times (January 3, 2012) – The Eric Smith shrine honors beloved ski instructor