New England Firsts in Ski History

[billski]

First Ski Club in America. Another winter activity, another New Hampshire first. It was 1872 when the Skilubben Club was founded in Berlin by resident Norwegians. It was renamed the Nansen Ski Club in honor of Fidtjof Nansen in 1888. Today, the Nansen Ski Club remains the oldest continuously-operating skiing club in North America.

New Hampshire is also the first to have trails cut just for downhill skiing, overhead wire-rope ski tows and an aerial tramway.

I believe Woodstock Inn/Suicide 6 was the first (commercial?) ski area in the US.

Others?

 

[thetrailboss]

First Ski Club in America. Another winter activity, another New Hampshire first. It was 1872 when the Skilubben Club was founded in Berlin by resident Norwegians. It was renamed the Nansen Ski Club in honor of Fidtjof Nansen in 1888. Today, the Nansen Ski Club remains the oldest continuously-operating skiing club in North America.

New Hampshire is also the first to have trails cut just for downhill skiing, overhead wire-rope ski tows and an aerial tramway.

I believe Woodstock Inn/Suicide 6 was the first (commercial?) ski area in the US.

Others?

Woodstock had the first rope tow. That's a huge first.

First ticket wicket: Killington

First collegiate ski team: Dartmouth (IIRC)

First snowmaking was in CT I think




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