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: Johnnie Stevens; Johnnie Stevens was head of ski patrol at the Telluride Ski Area in the 1970s. A Telluride native and lifelong skier, Stevens grew up in Pandora, where his dad was the mill superintendent at the old Gray Mill. Ultimately, he became COO of the ski company and was inducted into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame. Born in Montrose, Stevens moved from Ouray and came to Telluride, at age 6, when his father became Idarado’s mill superintendent. Stevens left Telluride for a few years in the late 1960s, serving his Vietnam War draft at the Pentagon and attending graduate school in Gunnison. When Stevens returned to Telluride, in the 1970's, the ski area was getting started and Bill Mahoney asked Stevens to work for the ski area. That is when Johnnie became the head of the ski patrol and the assistant mountain manager. Biography taken from:https://www.telluridenews.com/image_9c21bc2c-911a-11e8-b53c-bb70c2f94615.html Accessed 1/30/20 And taken from:https://www.telluridenews.com/news/article_212ae5e2-be80-5952-904b-1c67f09f5784.html Accessed 1/30/20