Legendary skier and Jackson Hole local Doug Coombs was inducted into the Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. Coombs died three years ago while skiing near La Grave resort in France. He was trying to reach a friend who’d slid out of view when his skis couldn’t hold an edge on a rocks just beneath a dusting of snow. Both men died.

Coombs’ induction certainly isn’t a surprise. The man’s skiing accomplishments the world over are second to none. But let’s say you want to take a visit to the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. It must be located either in a bustling city or a suitable mountain town? Nope. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame is tucked away in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the town Ishpeming, population 6,686. Why? Well, it’s claimed as the ‘birthplace of organized skiing’ in the United States, and the U.P. coalition was formed back in 1905, before common sense existed.