Inside the Adams Visitor’s Center, is the Thunderbolt Museum, a small single purpose museum that tells the story of the trail. Exhibits include films, film clips of interviews, race footage, photographs, documents, maps, race paraphernalia, and an array of historic ski equipment, including examples of the type of seven-foot long wooden skis that were commonly used when the trail was first built.

In 1999, Blair Mahar, a teacher from nearby Hoosac Valley High School, led a group of students in a historical study of the race. The end product of that project was a documentary film, Purple Mountain Majesty, about the trail, which won first place in the Northeast Video and Film Festival and brought attention to the history in the student’s backyard. But the project had an even more lasting impact, as local skiers, inspired by the Thunderbolt’s Olympic-level skiing history, began working to clear debris and make the trail operational again. In 2008, the Thunderbolt Ski Runners was formed to organize volunteers, reclaim the trail, and revive Thunderbolt racing.

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