Herbert Schneider

Ski leader Herbert Schneider dies June 10 at age 92

CONWAY, N.H. - Famed former Cranmore Mountain owner/general manager Herbert Schneider, 92, of North Conway, N.H., died of natural causes at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, June 10.
His death was announced by his and the late Doris Schneider's sons, Hannes and Christoph Schneider.
Born May 20,1920, Schneider was the son of Ludwina (Seeberger) Schneider and legendary Austrian ski instructor Hannes Schneider (1890-1955) of St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria.
Following the German Anschluss of Austria in March 1938, Hannes Schneider was arrested at his home for his anti-Nazi views and was held under house arrest in Germany.
North Conway native, Cranmore developer and influential New York City financier Harvey Dow Gibson (1882-1950) obtained Hannes Schneider's release in February 1939.
Hannes, his wife and children Herbert and Herta traveled from Europe aboard the Queen Mary to New York City, and then arrived via train in North Conway Feb. 11, 1939, where they were welcomed in the park in front of the station by townspeople who formed a ski arch with their poles under which the Schneiders passed.
Gibson then placed Hannes Schneider in control of the ski schools he had purchased from Carroll Reed in Jackson and at Cranmore.
"Father of Modern Skiing," Hannes Schneider was originator of the world-renowned crouched Arlberg ski technique, which combined speed and control.
With the Schneiders at Cranmore, the area became one of the leading early ski resorts in the country.
Herbert Schneider became an Americanized citizen in 1943 and served with the 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for action he took while on patrol in the Appennines in Italy in April 1945.
Returning home in 1946, Herbert Schneider taught skiing after the war for the Hannes Schneider Ski School and took over the school following his father's death in 1955.
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