Joy Piles Lucas, also known as Lucky Lucas (1917-2011) was an American ski instructor and author.[1] She was the first woman certified as a ski instructor in the Pacific Northwest.[2]
Life
editJoy Piles was born on February 15, 1917, in Spokane, Washington.[1] Her parents worked for the United States Forest Service at Barlow Pass.[2]
She began skiing in 1938, and married Jim Lucas. From 1940 the couple ran the Deer Valley Ski Lodge together in the Olympic Mountains.[2] Joy Lucas was certified as a professional ski instructor in 1941.[1] After World War II the couple managed Milwaukee Ski Bowl. She taught at Snoqualmie for 27 years, and only retired from ski instruction in 1992 at the age of 75.[2]
She died in Tacoma, Washington in February 2011.[2]
Books
edit- It Started in the Mountains: A history of Pacific Northwest ski instructors. Professional Ski Instructors of America-NW, 1996. ISBN 978-0965052306
- Ancient Skiers of the Pacific Northwest. 2006.
References
edit- ^ a b c Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer, eds. (2006). "Lucas, Joy (1917–)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Retrieved 11 November 2023 – via Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Joy Piles Lucas - Joy Lucas, Northwest Ski Instructor". skiinghistory.org.
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