Northwest: Mt. Rainier, Mt. Hood & Mt. Baker (4:34)

seg_northwestmtrainiermthoodmtbaker Explains and shows why and how in 1936 in the American Northwest Otto Lang not only starred in the film Ski Flight and wrote Downhill Skiing, which together did much to raise awareness and level of alpine skiing in the Americas, but also inaugurated the first American Hannes Schneider franchise in the American Northwest on Mt. Rainier in Washington State. Within two years, Otto would open two additional Hannes Schneider ski schools in the Northwest, one on Mt. Baker in Washington State and another on Mt. Hood, in Oregon —like Rainier, giant volcanic cones with lots of snow and great skiing. This story is told in part by Otto Lang.