A history of Cannon Mountain
Subtitle: trails, tales, and ski legends
By: Meghan McCarthy McPhaul
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781609490430
Subjects: Social life and customs; Ski resorts; Downhill skiing; Trails; Skiers; Mountain life; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Skiing comes to Franconia; title: Pecketts-on-Sugar Hill : Kate Peckett, Sig Buchmayr, and ski beginnings; title: The Richard Taft Trail and the advent of down-mountain skiing; title: Alexander Bright and the Ski Club Hochgebirge; title: Cannon Mountain aerial tramway : reaching new heights; title: Roland Peabody : the father of Cannon Mountain; title: Cannon Mountain ski patrol : first professional patrol in United States; title: Sel Hannah and sno-engineering; title: Wartime skiing and post/World War II development; title: Mittersill : the Austrian baron and his ski village dream; title: Paul and Paula Valar and the transformation of ski instruction; title: The Franconia Ski Club : leading the way downhill; title: The 1967 World Cup : the world comes to Cannon; title: Cannon trails and their stories; title: Cannon racers, innkeepers, and mountain managers; title: Timeline of Cannon events; title: Afterword.