Segments & Ski Areas

Explains and shows how during World War II many top Austrian ski instructors and racers; such as: Sigi Engl, Luggi Foegger, Bill Klein, Toni Matt, Friedl Pfeifer, Herbert Schneider and Rupert and Werner von Trapp, were recruited to serve as ski and r.. Read More

Explains and shows how and why two generations of Arlbergers, not only molded the Arlberg into the world capital of alpine skiing, in particular of ski instruction and technique, but also in the process greatly influence the development of American s.. Read More

Explains and shows how the top austrian racer, coach, and ski school director Friedl Pfeifer, with the help of the Americans Walter Paepcke and Dick Durrance, developed Aspen into a world class ski resort. While serving as a trainer in the 10th Mount.. Read More

Explains and shows how the owner Everett Kircher, one of the first pioneers of snowmaking, and the Austrian ski racing champion and ski school director Othmar Schneider, who is interviewed in this section, worked together during the late 50s and 1960.. Read More

Explains and shows how and why Austria’s “National Sports Home” in St. Christoph am Arlberg, first developed under the leadership of Ernst Janner, with help from Hannes Schneider, in the early 1920s, then by Professor Stefan Kruckenhauser (1930s-1972.. Read More

Explains and shows how and why Austria’s “National Sports Home” in St. Christoph am Arlberg, first developed under the leadership of Ernst Janner, with help from Hannes Schneider, in the early 1920s, and now referred to as Ski Austria Academy, became.. Read More

Listen to Hans Gmoser, the pioneer of helicopter skiing and founder of Canadian Mountain Holidays, recount: his childhood growing up in the American occupied zone of post-war Austria, and how and why he emmigrated to Canada, where he naturally fell i.. Read More

Listen to Ian Scully, Director/Producer/Writer of the Legacy Ski History Series, explain how and why the series was made while gaining insight into his Austrian-American heritage, perspectives, and ski experiences. Ian Scully, son of an Austrian immi.. Read More

Explains and shows how the concept of running gates (introduced by the Ski Club Kandahar’s Brithish leader Sir Arnold Lunn, in part through his connection and friendship with Hannes Schneider, and by association the Ski Club Arlberg), became a widely.. Read More

Explains and shows how and why Austrians played an instrumental role in developing the Franconia/Sugar Hill area into a destination ski resort. First at Peckett’s on Sugar Hill, a high society resort hotel of the 1920s and 30s, they led the hotel’s s.. Read More

Explains and shows how and why Austrians played an instrumental role in developing the Franconia area into a destination ski resort. First at Peckett’s on Sugar Hill, a high society resort hotel of the 1920s and 30s, they led the hotel’s ski school –.. Read More

Explains and shows how and why the Austrians Hans Gmoser, founder of Canadian Mountain Holidays, and Mike Wiegle, founder and leader of Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing, pioneered helicopter skiing in the Canadian Rockies. This segment chronicles their.. Read More

Explains and shows why and how in the late 1800s and early 1900s Mathias Zdarsky, followed by Hannes Schneider, who is considered by many as the “Father of Modern Alpine Skiing”, molded and started the legacy of Austria as the world capital of alpine.. Read More

Explains and shows how the original owner, Paul McCollister, with the help of Pepi Stiegler, the Austrian champion from the 1964 Olympics turned Jackson Hole ski school director, developed, via years of arduous work and marketing, this cold and remot.. Read More

Explains and shows how Toni Sailer, referred to as the “Schwarzer Blitz” (Black Lightning), and Anderl Molterer the “Weisse Blitz” (White Lightning), Christian Pravda, Ernst Hinterseer and Hias Leitner lead the Kitzbuehel based Wunderteam, which from.. Read More