Fastest team was Team Eastern Mountain Sports in 2:26.90, followed by the White Rhinos in 2:28.51 and in third by Cranmore1 in 2:28.74. Team Eastern Mountain Sports (above) was comprised of Tim Simoneau, Adam Blais, Trevor Tasker, Jay Baldassare and Bond MacGillivray. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Taking top honors n the Vintage Ski Fashion Show at the 26th annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup were (from left) Mike Beebe of the now defunct Tample Mountain Ski Area in first, followed by Martha Leich of north Conway in second and young Priscilla MacGillivray of Center Conway in third. (TM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Cranmore Mountain Resort General Manager Ben Wilcox (center) speaks during the opening ceremony at the 26th annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup last Saturday. With him, from left: New England Ski Museum Board Vice President Tim Scott, Museum Executive Director Tim Whiton, 91-year-old local skier David Pope and Pope’s son, Doug. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Former Olympian Tyler Palmer of the Stan and Dan’s team skis down the course at the 26th annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on March 11. (Palmer skied in the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.,finishing ninth in slalom. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Bavarian Brothers play their rendition of "Edelweiss" during the opening ceremony at the 26th annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on March 11. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fastest team was Team Eastern Mountain Sports in 2:26.90, followed by the White Rhinos in 2:28.51 and in third by Cranmore1 in 2:28.74. Team Eastern Mountain Sports (above) was comprised of Tim Simoneau, Adam Blais, Trevor Tasker, Jay Baldassare and Bond MacGillivray. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Taking top honors n the Vintage Ski Fashion Show at the 26th annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup were (from left) Mike Beebe of the now defunct Tample Mountain Ski Area in first, followed by Martha Leich of north Conway in second and young Priscilla MacGillivray of Center Conway in third. (TM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Cranmore Mountain Resort General Manager Ben Wilcox (center) speaks during the opening ceremony at the 26th annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup last Saturday. With him, from left: New England Ski Museum Board Vice President Tim Scott, Museum Executive Director Tim Whiton, 91-year-old local skier David Pope and Pope’s son, Doug. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Former Olympian Tyler Palmer of the Stan and Dan’s team skis down the course at the 26th annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on March 11. (Palmer skied in the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.,finishing ninth in slalom. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The Bavarian Brothers play their rendition of "Edelweiss" during the opening ceremony at the 26th annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on March 11. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
CONWAY — Perfect springlike weather made for ideal conditions for the New England Ski Museum’s 26th Hannes Schneider Meister Cup at Cranmore Mountain Resort last Saturday, March 11.
The event featured a torchlight parade Friday night and opening ceremonies with full military colors in the morning presented by the 20th Special Forces of the Massachusetts National Guard’s Mountain training detachment. Special guests included valley Olympians Tyler Palmer and Leanne Smith; Hannes and Ludwina Schneider’s great-grandson Hannes; 10th Mountain Ski Troops of World War II descendants; Bavarian oompah music; a vintage ski fashion contest; a silent auction; and a two-run giant slalom race and well-attended ski history talk at the Eastern Slope Inn Sunday morning by E. John B. Allen.
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