By Tom Eastman,  Conway Daily Sun Member, North American Snowsports Journalists Association Reprinted with permission CONWAY, N.H. — Ski history was celebrated anew at the New England Ski Museum’s Eastern Slope Branch and the North Conway Community Center Nov. 30 as fourth- and fifth-grade students in SAU 9 showcased their… Read more“Students Showcase Ski History Projects”

In March 2022, the New England Ski Museum’s Cal Conniff Grant program will distribute up to $3,000 in grant funding to support individuals and organizations that align with the Museum’s mission to preserve the history of skiing and winter sports. The Cal Conniff Grant Program is open to individuals, organizations… Read more“2022 Cal Conniff Grant Applications Being Accepted”

By Tom Eastman, Conway Daily Sun, Nov. 3, 2021 Reprinted with permission CONWAY — Local fourth-graders are getting to be part of a milestone in local ski and economic history this week. On Monday, students from Jackson Grammar School and Josiah Bartlett Elementary got to ride the Conway Scenic’s Valley… Read more“Fourth Graders Live a Page Out of Ski History”

Cal Conniff, president/executive director of the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) from 1973 to 1990 and a 1990 U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame honoree, died on Jan. 8, a month shy of his 91st birthday.  Cal devoted his life to the betterment of the sport and business of… Read more“Cal Conniff (1930-2021)”

It is with considerable reluctance that the New England Ski Museum announces that due to continuing pandemic, the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race will not be held at Cranmore Mountain Resort in March 2021. The fundraising event for the museum was first held in 1997, and the 2021 event, if… Read more“25th Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Postponed Until 2022”

Zoe Zimmermann from Gilford, NH and Ben Ritchie from Waitsfield, VT picked as 2020 winners of the Eastern Ski Writers Golden Ski Award. Each season the New England Ski Museum presents this award to the most promising male and female junior alpine racers in the Eastern US. The awards will… Read more“2020 Golden Ski Award winners announced”

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”

Hannes Schneider, the founder of the Arlberg method of skiing and ski teaching which became the basis of the development of the mountain resort industry, was also the world’s first star of ski films. The 24th annual Hannes Schneider Race, a ski race to benefit the New England Ski Museum… Read more“Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race Marks a Century of Ski Films”