by Jeffrey R. Leich, Executive Director, New England Ski Museum First published in Historical New Hampshire, Volume 63, Number 2 (Fall 2009) NEW HAMPSHIRE was the epicenter of American skiing from the 1930s into the 1950s when the focus shifted west to higher mountains and deeper, more consistent snowfall. Skiing… Read more“New Hampshire and the Emergence of an American Ski Industry”
Origins of Vermont Skiing Featured at New England Ski Museum
The emergence in Vermont of skiing as a popular pastime and engine of winter economic growth is the topic of a new annual exhibition at the New England Ski Museum. The exhibit, Green Mountain, White Gold: Origins of Vermont Skiing, will officially open on May 30, 2014 with a reception… Read more“Origins of Vermont Skiing Featured at New England Ski Museum”
Remembering Toni Matt and the 1939 Inferno
April 16, 2014 marks the passage of 75 years since the last true American Inferno, held on Mount Washington, New Hampshire in the spring of 1939. That the relatively insignificant local ski competition is still remembered today is due to the last-second decision of one of the racers, recent Austrian… Read more“Remembering Toni Matt and the 1939 Inferno”
2014 Bretton Woods Nordic Marathon: An event for the record books
A record field of more than 300 skiers participated in the 6th Annual Bretton Woods Nordic Marathon to benefit the New England Ski Museum on March 8, 2014. With major support from sponsors including the Omni Mount Washington Resort, Audi of Stratham, Alpine Clinic and SWIX the event incorporated competitive,… Read more“2014 Bretton Woods Nordic Marathon: An event for the record books”
2014 Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Review
Beautiful spring-like weather, lively pop-up performances of the Bavarian Brothers Band, recognition of an engaged and witty 99-year-old ski industry and mountain troop veteran, and a panel discussion on the contributions of Harvey Dow Gibson to the town of Conway marked the successful Hannes Schneider Meister Cup last weekend in… Read more“2014 Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Review”
Namesake of the Hannes Schneider Race Arrived 75 Years Ago
Seventy five years ago on February 11, 1939, Hannes Schneider and his family stepped off the Eastern Slope Express from New York City at the North Conway, New Hampshire train station, after a harrowing year in which Schneider had been under house arrest, and his family reviled in their hometown… Read more“Namesake of the Hannes Schneider Race Arrived 75 Years Ago”
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”
New England Ski Museum Announces 2014 Grant Availability
New England Ski Museum will once more offer $3,000 in grants to support individuals and organizations that will spread the Museum’s mission to preserve the history of skiing and winter sports under its Cal Conniff Grant program in 2014. The program is named for Museum board member Cal Conniff, who… Read more“New England Ski Museum Announces 2014 Grant Availability”
Ski Area Survivors is New Exhibit at the Ski Museum
A recent series of 75th anniversaries celebrated by ski resorts across the country, from Shawnee Peak in Maine to Timberline in Oregon, points to a phenomenon that is the subject of a new exhibit at the New England Ski Museum, titled Ski Area Survivors: Prewar American Ski Centers with a… Read more“Ski Area Survivors is New Exhibit at the Ski Museum”
Remembering the first ski ascent of Mount Washington
One hundred years and one day after the first documented ascent of Mount Washington on skis, two grandsons and a great grandson of Carl E. Shumway, one of the three to make the first ski climb, celebrated the centennial with a ski tour along the route taken by the 1913… Read more“Remembering the first ski ascent of Mount Washington”