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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.
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