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The museum was designed to preserve the history of commercial and recreational skiing, both alpine and cross-country, in the northeastern United States. It is one of four ski museums in the United States that are recognized by the United States Ski and Snowboard Association .
The site has grown over the years to list 605 closed New England ski areas and 82 outside the region (as of 2022). [1] [2] The project's data is collected from a variety of sources, including old brochures, ski area guides, personal stories, and recent visits. NELSAP has an alliance with the New England Ski Museum.
The ravine is named after botanist Edward Tuckerman who studied alpine plants and lichens in the area in the 1830s and 1840s. According to the New England Ski Museum, the first recorded use of skis on Mount Washington was by a Dr. Wiskott of Breslau, Germany, who skied on the mountain in 1899, while the first skier in Tuckerman Ravine was John S. Apperson of Schenectady, New York, in April 1914.
The old tram base and summit-stations remain intact, and one of the old cabins serves as the entranceway to the New England Ski Museum, opened in 1982 at the mountain's base area. The museum houses what it calls "the most extensive collection of historical ski equipment, clothing, film, photographs, literature, and artwork in the East" and is ...
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SnoCountry, Inc., a not-for-profit ski and snowboard conditions reporting entity, began as the New England Ski Areas Council (NESAC) in October 1968. The original staff of two people was based in the garage of a private home in Woodstock, Vermont. SnoCountry Mountain Reports was the first and is now the largest snow conditions reporting service ...
The following is a list of ski areas in New England by vertical drop. Unless otherwise noted, vertical drop figures are from Verticalfeet.com , vertical for Bolton Valley and Magic Mountain directly from their websites.