Editing Southwestern United States (section)

===Since statehood===
====Ski industry====
[[File:Sandia Peak Ski Area, Albuquerque AC, crop1.JPG|thumb|right|Sandia Peak Ski Area, New Mexico]] The 1930s saw the beginning of the ski industry in the Southwest. Resorts were established in Colorado in areas such as [[Estes Park]], [[Gunnison, Colorado#Winter|Gunnison]], and on [[Loveland Pass]].<ref>[http://www.coloradoskihistory.com/history/timelines/1930.html Colorado Ski History.com]. 1930–1939. Retrieved November 3, 2011</ref> New Mexico's oldest ski area is [[Sandia Peak Ski Area]] at the eastern edge of [[Albuquerque]], which opened to skiers in 1936.<ref name="SPSP History">{{cite web |title=History of SPSP |url=http://www.sandiapeakskipatrol.org/history/index.php |website=Sandia Peak Ski Patrol |access-date=March 4, 2021}}</ref><ref name="All-Ski">{{cite web |title=Ski Resorts: Years They Were Founded |url=https://www.skiinghistory.org/history/ski-resorts-years-they-were-founded |website=International Skiing History Association |access-date=March 3, 2021}}</ref> At the end of the decade, in 1939, with the establishment of [[Alta Ski Area]], [[Development of Skiing in Utah|Utah's skiing]] began to be developed.<ref name=atasixty>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0h1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=4268%2C4021508 |newspaper=Deseret News |last=Grass |first=Ray |title=Alta at 60 |date=March 9, 1999 |page=D1 | access-date=July 10, 2015}}</ref>

Due to the ski conditions in the state, during WWII, the [[10th Mountain Division]] established [[Camp Hale]] in Colorado to train elite ski troops.<ref>[http://www.mscd.edu/history/camphale/tmd_001.html 10th Mountain Division History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724023359/http://www.mscd.edu/history/camphale/tmd_001.html |date=July 24, 2010 }} Metropolitan State College of Denver, 2004. Retrieved January 30, 2010.</ref>