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A panty tree (or bra tree or bra/panty tree) is a tree underneath a ski lift decorated with
A panty tree (or bra tree or bra/panty tree) is a tree underneath a ski lift decorated with bra
A bra, short for brassiere or brassière (, or ; ), is a form-fitting undergarment that is primarily used to support and cover breasts. It can serve a range of other practical and aesthetic purposes, including enhancing or reducing the appea ...
s, panties
Panties (in American English; also called pants, undies, or knickers in British English) are a form of women's underwear. Panties can be form-fitting or loose. Typical components include an elastic waistband, a crotch panel to cover the genit ...
, and Mardi Gras beads cast off by skiers riding the chair lift.
History
An experiencedski patroller
A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow. Substantially longer than wide and characteristically employed in pairs, skis are attached to ski boots with ski bindings, with either a free, lockable, or partial ...
in Aspen, Colorado
Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States Census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Moun ...
, has claimed that the first panty tree was under the Bell Mountain ski lift at Aspen Mountain in the early 1980s. A discussion in 2006 in the letters pages of the ''Skiing Heritage'' journal said "it is believed" that the practice might have begun in the late 1950s. This panty tree was soon copied at nearby Vail Ski Resort
Vail Ski Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located near the town of Vail in Eagle County, Colorado. At , it is the third-largest single-mountain ski resort in the U.S., behind Big Sky and Park City, featuring seven bowls and ...
and then numerous other ski areas across North America.
The first panty tree in Vail was found chopped down one morning in 1997, but skiers picked another tree to continue the tradition. This second tree was used in a 2005 liqueur company advertisement, which stated, "You just recognized a pair of panties in the Sun Down Bowl tree...The conversation is waiting." In 2010, this tree was also chopped down to make way for a new ski lift.
In 2012, a male grooming product company ran an advertising campaign on ski lifts across Canada that stated, "Please Feed the Bra Tree."
Several popular Canadian ski resorts have also ended up with bra trees, including Banff Sunshine Village, Lake Louise Ski Resort
The Lake Louise Ski Resort & Summer Gondola is a ski resort in western Canada, located in Banff National Park near the village of Lake Louise, Alberta. Located west of Banff, Lake Louise is one of three major ski resorts within Banff National ...
, and Camp Fortune
Camp Fortune is a commercial alpine ski centre located in the municipality of Chelsea in the Gatineau Hills north of Gatineau, Quebec, approximately fifteen minutes from Downtown Ottawa, Ontario.
Camp Fortune is composed of three mountainsides ...
, amongst many others.
See also
*Panty raid
A panty raid was an American 1950s and early 1960s college prank in which large groups of male students attempted to invade the living quarters of female students and steal their panties (undergarments) as the trophies of a successful raid. The ...
* Shoe tossing
* Shoe tree (decorated plant)
A shoe tree is a tree (or occasionally, a powerline pole or other wooden object) that has been festooned with old shoes, generally through the act of shoe tossing. Shoe trees are generally located alongside a major local thoroughfare, and may ha ...
References
{{reflist Undergarments American folklore Skiing in North America