Below is an arial shot of North Conway, New Hampshire right after the recent Nor'easter, Nemo. This is where I work and live.
Our landmarks are known world-wide. On the left, at the top of the photograph, is Mt. Washington, home of the "World's Worst Weather". In the near background, to the mid-right, is Mt. Cranmore, home to one of the first ski areas in the U.S.
Opened in 1938 by financier Harvey Dow Gibson, a local boy made good on Wall Street and Carroll Reed, a Boston insurance man, the mountain became home to Hannes Schneider, whose world-class ski school in St. Anton Austria was at risk due to the Nazi takeover of Austria. Schneider and his family, brought to North Conway and Cranmore by Gibson, legitimized the ski mountain with a ski school and innovative ski techniques.
For more of the history of Cranmore Mountain, Hannes Schneider and the debut of serious skiing to America, go here.
Opened in 1938 by financier Harvey Dow Gibson, a local boy made good on Wall Street and Carroll Reed, a Boston insurance man, the mountain became home to Hannes Schneider, whose world-class ski school in St. Anton Austria was at risk due to the Nazi takeover of Austria. Schneider and his family, brought to North Conway and Cranmore by Gibson, legitimized the ski mountain with a ski school and innovative ski techniques.
For more of the history of Cranmore Mountain, Hannes Schneider and the debut of serious skiing to America, go here.
