Cranmore Mountain Resort, New Hampshire: Hannes Schneider's American home

In 1939, Gibson negotiated the release of Austrian ski instructor Hannes Schneider, who had been imprisoned after the Nazi takeover of Austria in 1938 for being an outspoken critic, and brought him to the United States to reopen his ski school at Cranmore, according to Wikipedia's "Hannes Schneider" article. Schneider operated the ski school and resort until his death in 1955, after which his son Herbert Schneider assumed management. Cranmore's Skimobile, introduced in the 1938-39 season, consisted of "small cars traveling on a wooden track," a lift designed by mechanic George Morton, per Wikipedia's "Cranmore Mountain Resort" article; for the 1939-40 season an upper segment was added on Schneider's recommendation, and that season the Skimobile carried 122,000 passengers overall and a single-day record of 4,920 passengers, according to New England Ski History. On November 24, 1944, a fire damaged the Skimobile's control room, with losses estimated at $10,000. The East Bowl expansion -- adding new terrain and a Poma lift on the South Slope alongside the existing double chairlift -- opened in December 1955, the same season Herbert Schneider took over management. The Skimobile was discontinued after the 1989-90 season because it had become too costly to run, requiring eight employees to operate, and its removal began in spring 1990.

In fall 1984, Herbert Schneider sold Cranmore to Ed Mank's Mt. Cranmore, Inc. In November 1991, Bay Bank assumed ownership. In June 1995, Les Otten's LBO Resort Enterprises purchased the property, and in 1996 LBO Resort Enterprises merged with S-K-I Ltd to form American Skiing Company. In November 1996, Cranmore was sold to Booth Creek Ski Holdings, per New England Ski History. On June 15, 2010, Cranmore was sold to Brian Fairbank, Tyler Fairbank, and Joseph O'Donnell, who own it today. Cranmore hosts the annual Hannes Schneider Meister Cup during the first weekend of March; the New England Ski Museum describes the race as honoring Schneider's legacy and paying "tribute to generations of America's mountain troops," and the Museum's own page calls the race its largest fundraiser.

Conway Scenic Railroad operates from a "historic Victorian-era station - built in 1874, in the heart of North Conway Village, New Hampshire," per its own website. Tuckerman Brewing Company, founded in 1998, is named after the nearby Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington, per Wikipedia; a portion of the proceeds from its 6288 Stout, named for Mount Washington's elevation, goes to support the Mount Washington Observatory. Echo Lake State Park's trails lead to Cathedral Ledge, where, per NH State Parks' own description, "views of the Saco River Valley are spectacular." The Eastern Slope Inn, built in 1926 to a design by architects Haynes & Mason in the Colonial Revival style, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 1982; Wikipedia describes it as "historically important as a major element in the popularization of downhill skiing in the area," and it was acquired by Cranmore founder Harvey Dow Gibson in 1937. The North Conway 5 and 10 Cent Store was built about 1840 and significantly modified in 1900, and Wikipedia calls it "one of a small number of surviving dime stores in New Hampshire" and "architecturally unusual in the state for its 'boom town' false front facade"; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.