North Conway, NH – Spectators are invited to attend the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup at Mount Cranmore on Saturday, beginning with the Opening Ceremony at 9:15 a.m. The benefit event for the New England Ski Museum honors Hannes Schneider, the mountain resort industry pioneer who operated the ski school at Cranmore from 1939 to 1955. Cranmore’s founding … Continue reading Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race This Weekend
St. Moritz, Switzerland – The 19-year-old German ski racer gave a tug on the laces of her leather boots, clicking them into the cables on her long wooden skis. Behind her was the towering Piz Nair, the iconic peak on Corviglia at St. Moritz, high in the Swiss Alps. A day earlier she had won silver … Continue reading Behind the Gold: It’s Just About Today
Mt. Hood, OR – Slightly over 49 years ago, Mt. Hood Meadows officially opened on January 26, 1968 with ceremonies attended by over 200 dignitaries including America’s only Olympic gold medalist Gretchen Fraser. The ski area launched with two lifts, a T-bar and a rope tow. Fraser’s inaugural run was the full 1,061 vertical drop from the … Continue reading Oregon’s Mt. Hood Meadows Prepares to Turn 50
Stowe, VT – The first ski lift in Stowe, Vermont was a rope tow. Construction of the lift to transport skiers up Mount Mansfield was undertaken by the Mt. Mansfield Ski Club and Austrian Sepp Ruschp, and completed in December 1936, ascending from the base of what is now the resort’s Toll House area. That lift, however, … Continue reading Vermont’s Stowe Mountain Resort Celebrates 80th Anniversary
Waterville Valley, NH – The young ski racer stood outside the start house at the top of the mountain, a mix of Stevie Wonder, Zeppelin and Beatles playing in her ears. The U.S. Ski Team’s 19-year-old rising star out of Vermont’s Burke Mountain Academy was contemplating her first run lead in a World Cup giant slalom – … Continue reading Behind the Gold: Her Day to Win
Stowe, VT – On November 19, the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum will induct four pioneers in the state’s long ski and ride history into the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. The special “Schuss” celebration honoring the four inductees will be held at the Stoweflake resort in Stowe, and feature a silent auction as well … Continue reading Vermont Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Announces 2016 Inductees
Tignes, France – In many ways, Donna Weinbrecht was an unlikely hero. An Olympic ski champion from West Milford, New Jersey? But on a snowy day high in the mountains above the Tarentaise Valley in the French Savoie, she became her sport’s first gold medalist. After a demonstration sport introduction in Calgary four years earlier, freestyle moguls … Continue reading Donna Weinbrecht: Unlikely Hero
