Love these articles, especially the one of the Olympic Games of '32...
The 1932 Winter Olympic games had some twists. Like Big Pines, and other California areas, Lake Placid did not have ample facilities to handle each separate event at the time when the Olympic Selection Community made their decision in 1929, but they were completed before the Olympics began.
Many sources had stated in the past that southern California never got 'selection' because it's snowfall was not enough to host a venue such as the Winter Games (you only need 60-65 inches) Snow fall in southern California may have been one factor that was figured in during the decision making, but clearly not the main one. Ironically, Lake Placid suffered a snow drought that year. Yup, the 1932 Winter Olympic Games were hampered by poor snow fall! The snow pack was so thin that snow from an adjacent mountain range to the west had to be trucked in and packed on the alpine and ski jump courses! In some places on the courses, for the first time in history, Lake Placid officials were forced to use artificial snow in the Olympic competition.
