A guy called Fred Harris in Vermont, USA, seems to have been the nucleus for Dartmouth Skis. By his own account he had “skeeing on the brain” and started producing his own skis around 1910-11.

With various transformations along the way, Fred’s “skeeing” ultimately led to The Dartmouth Cooperative Society, supplying ski equipment to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire which seems to have been ski orientated.

The ski equipment department was so successful they decided to form Dartmouth Skis Inc. in 1940-41.

This particular pair of skis ultimately found their way to Scotland (circa 1950) and seem to have been well used by a member of the Scottish Ski Club. Unfortunately, we don’t know who. Although we have Dartmouth bindings on these skis, we can’t be 100% sure that the skis are of the same ilk, unfortunately Fred Harris is no longer around to confirm or deny. We’re not sure about childrens/ladies either as they are rather long for a child and a wee bit short for a lady – so maybe short adults or long childrens skis!