Legends of Showdown · The Shareholders Era, 1957–1973

2022 Allan Rabbit Receives Award, Bill Lay on right, Allan, and ???Great Falls Ski Patrol

Charlie and Bill Lay

The mountain's telephones, father and son

Legend of Showdown

Born
First skied at Showdown: the mid-to-late 1960s
First worked here: Bill Lay on the Great Falls Ski Patrol from September 1977
Years at Showdown: 1977–
Positions: Charlie Lay — the ski area's telephones and electrical work, after Pinky Mathews
Bill Lay — Great Falls Ski Patrol, from September 1977
Bill Lay — senior enough to appoint team leaders
Awards: Bill Lay — Mike Bell Lifetime Service Award, 2008
Bill Lay — National Ski Patrol appointment, number 6688
Bill Lay — Chair Evac Training Superstar, 2025

What they did

1 entry

Bill Lay appointed Dick Mosher a team leader, on Wayne Ellington's recommendation, after Mosher left the pro patrol

3 in the archive

Built the mountain's telephone system, father and son, from about 1970 onward
Built wired every lift shack, Charlie Lay with Pinky Mathews, in summers, paid in season passes