Local artist and lifty brings ski area walls to life on the mountain
By T. Ghezzi
A self-proclaimed mountain girl, Olivia Walker is much more than a Silver Mountain Ski Resort lift operator, or “lifty.” Her talent as an artist has recently brightened and brought life to the Mountain House lodge at the top of the gondola in the form of six murals.
Olivia has lived in the Silver Valley for almost 10 years, and mountain life truly is in Olivia’s blood. She grew up in Aspen Valley, Colo., and started skiing at the age of three. Her dad was also a lifty at Snow Mass Ski Resort. She expressed how it is “healing to be up in the mountains and in nature,” and, as a lifty, she enjoys helping others spend time in the snowy mountains skiing and snowboarding.
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