March 7-9, 2025

28th Annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup

at Cranmore Mountain Resort

2024 SCHNEIDER RACE

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2025 SCHNEIDER RACE

On March 7-9, 2025, we celebrate the 28^th Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race, honoring the life of the renowned Austrian skimeister whose pioneering ski teaching brought excitement and prosperity to North Conway, NH and St. Anton, Austria and the world of skiing at large.

Hannes Schneider was a mountain soldier on the alpine front in World War I, and his son Herbert and several of his instructors served in the 10^th Mountain division in World War II. The race pays tribute to several generations of America’s mountain troops, and features the color guard and mountain instructors of the Army Mountain Warfare School of Jericho, Vermont.

The Meister Cup is more than a race—it is a spectator event with an Opening Ceremony with Color Guard, vintage ski fashion show, awards ceremony, the music of the Bavarian Brothers Band, and a Sunday morning screening of an award-winning ski history documentary film. Race it or watch it, the Meister Cup has something for everyone.

If you can turn around a few gates on intermediate terrain on alpine or telemark skis or a snowboard, you are invited to participate in the race…and win! The fastest male and female finishers in ten age groups take home unique awards, as do the fastest telemark, snowboard, and junior racers. Teams of five racers compete for the Meister Cup Trophy, with winners’ names engraved on the award which is on display in the New England Ski Museum.

Competition is intense at the highest level, but for most racers the event is a simple fun run down a gentle racecourse on a day of slopeside pageantry and social events. Past racers have ranged in age from 4 to 95.

The Carroll Reed Cup, awarded to the fastest team made up of racers from the ski resort industry, honors the ski business pioneer whose early Eastern Slope Ski School provided the basis for Hannes Schneider’s arrival in 1939.

Apart from the ski race, the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup features a full slate of weekend social activities including a welcome reception with dinner buffet and a live Bavarian band, the opening ceremony, a silent auction, the popular vintage skiwear show, the awards ceremony, and a ski history presentation. Whether you race it or watch it, the Meister Cup has something for everyone.

There are many ways to be involved! Come and be a racer, spectator, patron, or sponsor.

PLANNED FOR 2025:

* Expanded Race (250 Racer)

* Commemorative Race Bib to first 200 Registrations

* Fashion Show “Across the Decades” Get out the neon!!!

* Ski History Trivia on Saturday Evening

* Sunday Brunch

* Showing of Vintage Cranmore Ski Film: Watch the Schneiders and early Cranmore crew in all their glory- straight out of the Ski Museum archives

HSMC Flyer 2024

All racers and patrons are welcome to ALL event activities including food (dinner, brunch, bratwurst!), beverages, fashion show entry, ski history trivia entry, silent auction, Sunday morning brunch, and film showing.

Racer Registration: $100/racer or $500/team (five persons) until March 4 and then increase to $125/person. Max. 250 racers; first 200 registrations receive commemorative cloth bib courtesy of World Cup Supply. Online registration opening soon!

Paper Registration is also available. You may fill out and mail, email, or drop off in-person at any museum location.

You may also register in-person at any museum location.

Patron Registration: The Meister Cup is more than a ski race and more than a fundraiser for the Ski Museum. It is a community event celebrating the rich heritage of winter and skiing in New England and the Mt. Washington Valley. Become a patron just as you would at a playhouse, opera, or with a sports team (season’s tickets are just that!) and help us support the continued celebration of that history! All donation levels are welcome.

As a Meister Cup Patron you receive a ski ticket for the day and are welcome to all event activities including the reception with dinner, lunch, fashion show entry, silent auction, trivia, Sunday brunch.

Schedule

Friday 3-7-2025

4:00-7:00 Registration in Main Lodge
6:00 Reception begins in Zip’s Pub with drinks and Bavarian Brother’s music
6:30 Buffet Dinner served in Zip’s Pub
7:15 Welcome Ceremony
7:45 Torchlight Parade
9:00 pm Reception concludes

Saturday 3-8-2025

7:30 Registration and continental breakfast in Mt Washington Room of Main Base Lodge
9:00 Start of Opening Ceremony
10:00 Start of first run
10:00 Silent auction and museum shop opens in Mt Washington Room
11:30 Barbecue lunch served on big patio (weather permitting)
12:45 Second run
3:00 Awards
3:30 Après Fashion Show and brats
5:00 Ski trivia in Koessler’s bar
6:30 Day concludes