Golden Ski Award 2025 to Annika Hunt of Burke Mountain Academy, VT
The New England Ski Museum is thrilled to announce that Annika Hunt is the 2025 recipient of the Eastern Ski Writers Golden Ski Award—her third consecutive win. The award will be presented at a reception held at the New England Ski Museum at Cannon Mountain in Franconia, NH, on Friday, June 6, from 5 to 7 p.m., in conjunction with the opening party for the Museum’s new ski history exhibit.
Annika Hunt is a standout junior alpine racer from Burke Mountain Academy in Vermont and a native of Park City, Utah who continues to dominate on the NorAm circuit. This season, Hunt secured the overall NorAm title with 938 points, placing 1st in both Downhill and Super-G, and earning 16 podium finishes—including six wins—across North America and Europe.
Hunt began the season ranked 390 in Downhill and improved to an impressive 100, with similar leaps in Super-G (from 342 to 85) and Slalom (275 to 85). Her consistent performance marks her as one of the most promising talents in Eastern junior ski racing.
The Golden Ski Award, established in 1969, honors the top junior male and female alpine racers in the Eastern U.S. The trophy was lost in 1975 and rediscovered in 2007 among donations to the New England Ski Museum. That year, the Museum revived the tradition in collaboration with the North American Snowsports Journalists Association. Since 2018, the New England Ski Museum has presented the award independently.
“The Golden Ski Award is the oldest honor for junior alpine racers in the U.S.,” says Andrea Masters, executive director of the New England Ski Museum. “We’re excited to recognize Annika Hunt again this year and can’t wait to see what’s next in her amazing ski career.”
That same evening, the New England Ski Museum will also celebrate the opening of its new exhibit, “Glimpses of a Golden Age: American Skiing 1955–1966.” The exhibit explores a decade of explosive growth in U.S. ski areas—from just 66 in 1955 to over 500 by 1966—and highlights the innovations and culture that defined the era. Appetizers and refreshments will be served.
The New England Ski Museum, located at Cannon Mountain in Franconia, NH and in North Conway, NH, is a member-supported 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the history of skiing and the 10th Mountain Division. Its mission is to collect, preserve, and exhibit equipment, art and artifacts of ski history for research, education and inspiration.