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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Mohawk Mountain Ski Area: The Birth of Snowmaking

Mohawk Mountain Ski Area: The Birth of Snowmaking

Shay, James
Lugar, Carol Schoenknecht

Paperback

Series: Sports

Regional: New EnglandSkiingSnowboarding

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 1467156647
ISBN13: 9781467156646
Publisher: History Press
Published: Nov 5 2024
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.11 Depth: 8.97
Language: English

While Mohawk Mountain is known as a small, family-friendly ski area, many are unaware of the large impact this mountain had on the sport. Its founder, Walt Schoenknecht, changed the face of modern skiing when he helped create the first snowmaking machine in 1950. That artificial snow machine, first tested at Mohawk, received the first U.S. patent for such a device. Today, Mohawk is one of the few surviving family-owned ski areas in the United States, and Schoenknecht's daughter, Carol Lugar, remains its president. Mohawk has had to survive a devastating tornado, challenging weather and economic headwinds to compete with larger corporate-owned ski resorts. Today, the small mountain in Cornwall, Connecticut remains a favorite, with new lifts, expanded snowmaking, more ski school lessons, snowtubing and night skiing. Local author James Shay reveals the unique contributions of Mohawk and Walt Schoenknecht to the sport of skiing.

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