March 7-9, 2025
28th Annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup
at Cranmore Mountain Resort
2025 SCHNEIDER RACE
On the weekend of March 7-9, 2025, we celebrate the 28th 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 10th 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.
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.
But the Meister Cup weekend is more than a race—it is a spectator event as well and features a full slate of weekend social activities including a welcome reception with dinner buffet and live music by the Bavarian Brothers Band, an amazing opening ceremony with Color Guard, the popular vintage ski fashion show, the awards ceremony, a silent auction with awesome ski-related prizes, and a Sunday morning presentation of ski history with renowned ski historians. 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.
The Hannes Schneider Meister Cup is the biggest fundraiser for the independent nonprofit Ski Museum.
All Racers are invited to ALL event activities including food (Friday dinner, barbeque lunch, bratwurst, breakfast on Sat & Sun), fashion show entry, silent auction, Sunday morning brunch, and ski history presentation.
Racer Registration
$125/racer or $625/team (five persons) until March 1, then increase to $175/person. Max. 250 racers; all 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.
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 Mount 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 ski history! All donation levels are welcome.
As a Meister Cup Patron you are welcome to all event activities including the opening ceremony, watching the torchlight parade and the race, a fashion show entry, the silent auction. Some patron levels include the Friday night dinner reception and ski tickets on Saturday!
Schedule
Friday, March 7, 2025
- 4:00-7:00 PM Registration in Main Lodge
- 6:00 Reception in Zip’s Pub with Drinks and Bavarian Brother’s Music
- 6:30 Buffet Dinner in Zip’s Pub
- 7:15 Welcome Ceremony
- 7:45 Torchlight Parade
- 9:00 PM Reception Concludes
Saturday, March 8, 2025
- 7:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast in Mt Washington Room of Main Base Lodge
- 9:00 Opening Ceremony
- 10:00 First Ski Run starts
- 10:00 Silent Auction and Museum Shop in Mt Washington Room
- 11:30 Barbecue Lunch on Big Patio (weather permitting)
- 12:45 Second Run
- 3:00 Awards
- 3:30 Brats & Après Fashion Show “Across the Decades” – Get out the neon!
- 6:30 PM Race Day concludes
Sunday, March 9, 2025
- 9:00 AM Brunch in Mt. Washington Room
- 9:30-11:00 Ski History Presentation