We next headed to the Aerial Tramway.
We traveled on an 80 passenger cable car to the summit 4,080 feet in under ten minutes. On one side was New Hampshire, on the other was Vermont and straight ahead was Maine.
From the top you can see the ski lift.
When we returned to the bottom, we checked out this Old Peabody Chair. This was in use from 1962 through 1999. Bob says he's sure he's used one in Colorado.
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New England's Ski Museum
This was the first chair lift, built in 1938.
The first aerial tramway in North American. In use between 1938 to 1980.
Ancient skis covered in horsehide.
The Hochgebirge Challenge Cup. The oldest amateur ski race in the nation still in competition. Started in 1931.
Sign from Otto Schnieb's Ski School.
Ski Patrol is an organization that provides emergency medical and rescue services to skiers and participants of other snow sports, either at a ski area or in a back country setting.
A collection of skies.
We traveled on an 80 passenger cable car to the summit 4,080 feet in under ten minutes. On one side was New Hampshire, on the other was Vermont and straight ahead was Maine.
From the top you can see the ski lift.
When we returned to the bottom, we checked out this Old Peabody Chair. This was in use from 1962 through 1999. Bob says he's sure he's used one in Colorado.
.New England's Ski Museum
This was the first chair lift, built in 1938.
The first aerial tramway in North American. In use between 1938 to 1980.
Ancient skis covered in horsehide.
The Hochgebirge Challenge Cup. The oldest amateur ski race in the nation still in competition. Started in 1931.
Ski Patrol is an organization that provides emergency medical and rescue services to skiers and participants of other snow sports, either at a ski area or in a back country setting.
A collection of skies.
Snowboards.
The Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Trophy. He was considered the founding father of ski instruction.
Bode Miller has won two overall and six discipline World Cup Championship.
Bode Miller was born in 1977 just a few miles from here and skied at Cannon Mountain. By his early thirties, he was considered America's greatest alpine skier. He won 5 Olympic medals.
A jacket with patches.
Uniform worn by Andrea Mead Lawrence in the 1952 Oslo, Norway. She was the first American alpine skier to win two Gold Medals.
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