Asspen/Trivia

Trivia

 * South Park Studios describes the episode as 'circa. 1986'.
 * Heather's hair is very similar to Mercedes'.
 * "Take on Me" by A-ha is played instrumentally on the opening titles and sung by John Hansen (voice of Mr. Slave) on the end credits. This was before his proper introduction.
 * Tad calls Stan, Darsh, is a race of ugly desert people in Jack Vance's series of fiction novels The Demon Princes.
 * At he end of episode when Stan wins the race the song Don't You Forget About Me plays, from the 1985 film The Breakfast Club by John Hughes.
 * The part when the red haired shows her breasts to Thumper is a reference to the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Total Recall.

Hidden Visitor(s)
Two visitors appear in this episode:
 * When Eric joins in for breakfast a visitor replaces Kyle's chair support.
 * One looks at Thumper teaching, then skis off.

Goofs

 * After losing the first race, Stan puts his skis and ski poles down in the snow. In the next shot of the boys, the skis and poles have disappeared.
 * Stephen Stotch is misnamed as 'Chris' once again in this episode. Chris may have just been his first presumable name before it was changed to Stephen, though.
 * Sheila and Gerald are seen eating shellfish, even though they are Jewish and presumably follow Kosher.

The video montage

 * In this episode, a song called "Montage" is performed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s band DVDA. A video montage is shown as Stan trains to become a better skier. The song was later reworked and used by Parker and Stone in Team America: World Police. A similar scene appears in the episode "Up the Down Steroid," where Cartman works on his handicapped act at the Special Olympics, using "Push it to the Limit" by Paul Engemann, the montage song from Scarface.