about
The owner/operators of Alpine Sports, Harvey and Reserl Chalker, met back in 1956 at the Garmish Ski Resort in Bavaria, Germany. Harvey was working as a ski patrolman for the U.S. Army's post-WWII occupation force, and Reserl was one of the local ski experts. Reserl came to the U.S. in 1958 and Harvey and Reserl were married soon afterward in 1959. In 1964 they together opened the first Alpine Sports at Santa Fe Ski Basin, as the local ski mountain was known back then. In 1966 they moved to a location on Marcy Street, and then in 1972 moved into their present location on Sandoval Street.
