European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Summer Alpine skiing is relaxed and so is the Frankfurt ski club members illustrate when Sun turns Snow it s time to skiers use Zinc oxide to spare noses from Story and photos by Leah Larkin Stair writer skiing of the fourth of july not water the real thing on Snow in the Moun and not in tyrolean Alps of i Northern Italy at a place called the ski season extends from May until the rest of the year the ski Village is buried under meters and meters of and the narrow Road o 42 hairpin turns that leads la the Peak a but come enough Snow has leaving behind wide slopes on the Glacier just perfect for skiers from the Frankfurt International ski club Dis covered summer skiing Sliff Serkoch six years every fourth o july they have had a trip to this italian ski every year More and More members want to haul out the skis and join the fun of  this year 3d from the Frankfurt club made the Many others wanted but there were no accommodations it was the fourth fourth of july on Tor Mike and pm the Novelty of skiing in Jan Perna in growing in lift lines were unheard of when the Frankfurt skiers first visited these slopes High on the now the lines Are far worse than Many found at big name resorts in the height of the every year its More its just no secret any she still Serkoch scents to attract Many who come for summer ski school olympic skier Gustav Thioni directs the school on the Early in the morning the lift lines Are coded with the student to reach the very skiers ride a combi nation of different kinds of including one thai even the most experienced Are not Likely to have its in open ended Chariot like Basket which holds two it Doest mop for loading and in the balding skis and must run july 1977 and jump on to the Charrot it Akin and Many fell the tint time they get on but their skis or vice among the Frankfurt this bizarre Means of get Ting to the top became known As Ben Hura because of the lines at each it can take an hour and a half to reach the lop but once the Day on the Snow can be a Long Long summer Days mean the lifts Are open from 8 until there Are other differences to summer namely the its Strong at an Elev Ion of to pro acct themselves against the ultraviolet Many a skier Cavers up Ghostlike with a White mask us Zinc some Wear face masks of in the Early morning before the Sun is super the Snow is fast and As the Day the Sun taken its toll and the slopes become slow and Many people sunbathe Duroc the hot afternoon but gel Back an their ski Sale in the alter soon when the Snow Harts to As the temperatures skiers shed layer Alci layer of by noon Many men Are shirtless and women Are skiing in Bikini the Aroma on the Sundecks of the hotels is like that at a Sandy Beach suntan oils and creams Are layered on the bathing suited Sukser Joch is in the Northwest Corner of Italy Verj near the Borders of Switzerland and Asil not German is spoken worst and schnitzel Are As popular As lasagne and the Frankfurt skiers stayed at a hotel at Switchback 2 on the treacherous Road that zigzags to the ski Village up at Switchback when anxious Drivers decided to pass the cautious the ride on he Road offered More thrills than skiing the the hotel atmosphere every morning at 6 Alden could court on ened by the ritual ringing of cow belts As the to Nimes headed in the ban la the Mountain Lull of the tiny to Nomof after spending the fourth on the the skiers brought a bit of americana to the mountains of Italy As they lighted sparklers and skiing is not a bad Way to celebrate Independence they the stars and stripes Page 13