Tuckerman Ravine ski-history enthusiasts celebrated a milestone this past Wednesday, as April 16 marked the 75th anniversary of one of the greatest ski feats of all time: Toni Matt's legendary schuss of the 800-foot Tuckerman Ravine Headwall in the 1939 American Inferno.
Then 19, Matt (1920-1989) had been raised in St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria, the home of ski great Hannes Schneider (1890-1955). He arrived in North Conway to teach at Mount Cranmore in the winter of 1938-’39.
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