The 2020 Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race, to be held on March 14, 2020 at Cranmore Mountain Resort in North Conway, NH, will host members of the New England Chapter of National Association of the 10th Mountain Division, to which a number of descendants of World War II troops belong…. Read more“The Meister Cup Recognizes the 10th Mountain Division 75 Years After Their Italian Battles”
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Ski Museum Unveils 10th Mountain Division Exhibition
Ski Museum Unveils 10th Mountain Division Exhibition On November 15, 1941 a new kind of specialized U.S. Army unit, the 1st Battalion of the 87th Mountain Infantry, was activated at Fort Lewis, Washington. Within the next few years two more mountain infantry regiments would be combined into the legendary 10th… Read more“Ski Museum Unveils 10th Mountain Division Exhibition”
10th Mountain Division Film at the Colonial Theater
Seventy years after the first U.S. Army unit to be trained in mountain and winter warfare was on the verge of shipping out to the Italian front in World War II, their story will be told in the Warren Miller Productions film Climb To Glory at the Colonial Theater in… Read more“10th Mountain Division Film at the Colonial Theater”
Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Honors 10th Mountain Division
The upcoming Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race at Cranmore Mountain Resort will honor veterans and soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division a full 70 years after the division spent their second winter training in mountain and winter warfare at their Camp Hale, Colorado base. The event is a benefit alpine… Read more“Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Honors 10th Mountain Division”
The Lincoln Detachment: 10th Mountain Division training in New Hampshire
Many New Englanders know of the 10th Mountain Division, the US Army unit that trained on skis and in the mountains of Colorado in World War II, and eventually saw combat in Italy for a short but exceedingly intense time in 1945. The ranks of the mountain infantry regiments that… Read more“The Lincoln Detachment: 10th Mountain Division training in New Hampshire”
ISHA Presents Steward of Skiing History Award to New England Ski Museum
The high-speed six-pack lifts, super-efficient snowguns, and waterproof/breathable ski apparel that skiers and riders take for granted didn’t come from nowhere. Today’s downhill skiing, cross country, telemark and snowboarding sits on the shoulders of a rich 150-year-plus modern-era history of sliding downhill … and going back up again. The nonprofit… Read more“ISHA Presents Steward of Skiing History Award to New England Ski Museum”
Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race Honors US Ski Troops
70 years ago this winter, the legendary American ski troops that would soon be named the 10th Mountain Division were just occupying Camp Hale, the brand new training base in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Veterans of the 10th Mountain Division from that era from as far away as Washington state… Read more“Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race Honors US Ski Troops”
Board of Directors
The New England Ski Museum is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors of 26 individuals, among them ski historians, ski professionals, business people, and ski resort veterans from every New England state and New York. President: Bo Adams, York, ME Bo grew up in a skiing family in Simsbury,… Read more“Board of Directors”
Permanent Displays
The permanent exhibition, titled From the First Tracks to the Fall Line: eight thousand years of skiing,presents a coherent chronology of the development of skiing from its prehistoric roots up until the advent of the shaped ski in the 1990s, and includes local aspects of ski history with national implications… Read more“Permanent Displays”
About
New England Ski Museum The Museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, and exhibit examples of equipment, art, and artifacts relating to ski history and the 10th Mountain Division. The 501(c)3 organization was formed in 1977. $250,000 was raised to renovate a former vehicle maintenance garage at Cannon Mountain, leased from… Read more“About”