02256cam a2200325 4500 509351224 TxAuBib 20210101120000.0 110411s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011015495 9781609490430 1609490436 DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib McPhaul, Meghan McCarthy. A history of Cannon Mountain : trails, tales and skiing legends / Meghan McCarthy McPhaul. Charleston : History Press, 2011. 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-173). Introduction: Skiing comes to Franconia -- Pecketts-on-Sugar Hill : Kate Peckett, Sig Buchmayr, and ski beginnings -- The Richard Taft Trail and the advent of down-mountain skiing -- Alexander Bright and the Ski Club Hochgebirge -- Cannon Mountain aerial tramway : reaching new heights -- Roland Peabody : the father of Cannon Mountain -- Cannon Mountain ski patrol : first professional patrol in United States -- Sel Hannah and sno-engineering -- Wartime skiing and post/World War II development -- Mittersill : the Austrian baron and his ski village dream -- Paul and Paula Valar and the transformation of ski instruction -- The Franconia Ski Club : leading the way downhill -- The 1967 World Cup : the world comes to Cannon -- Cannon trails and their stories -- Cannon racers, innkeepers, and mountain managers -- Timeline of Cannon events -- Afterword. 20210101. Downhill skiing New Hampshire Cannon Mountain History. Trails New Hampshire Cannon Mountain History. Ski resorts New Hampshire Cannon Mountain History. Skiers New Hampshire Cannon Mountain Biography. Mountain life New Hampshire Cannon Mountain History. Cannon Mountain (N.H) Biography. Cannon Mountain (N.H) Social life and customs. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1601/2011015495-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1601/2011015495-d.html Publisher description