New England Ski Museum adjusts during pandemic

Though the Eastern Slope Brach of the New England Ski Museum is experiencing a descending number of visitors due to the pandemic, the institution is gliding ahead with relatively new exhibits in North Conway, planning a couple of events including one with a Nordic theme and enjoying infrastructure enhancements.

Among the recent additions is a back-country skiing exhibit which includes some local connections like Chris Davenport who grew up skiing in the valley, a refurbished Wildcat bubble gondola — sans cigarette burns and discolored plexiglass — and the ski pole reputedly used April 16, 1939, by Toni Matt during his famous Inferno schuss down the Tuckerman Ravine Headwall.