Hall of Fame

 

Help us Recognize and Honor
the 4th Class of Inductees! 

 

*Nominees should have a demonstrated long-term commitment (25 years)
with statewide influence in the industry

 

The Hall of Fame (HOF) is an essential part of the museum's mission to recognize those who worked hard to establish West Virginia snow sports from the beginning in 1951 on Cabin Mountain in the Canaan Valley until modern-day at snow sport locations such as Snowshoe, Winterplace, Oglebay, Canaan Valley Resort, White Grass, and Timberline Mountain. The HOF will also recognize those who created, operated, and worked at those "lost" ski areas of the past. 
 

The Snow Sports Museum of West Virginia is seeking nominations for individuals who deserve to be recognized. We ask that nominations follow the guidelines below. 

 

• You can submit the form electronically with documentation of the individual's snow sports biography.

• You can also download and print the nomination form and then mail it along with supporting documentation.

• The Deadline for the class of 2023 is December 1, 2023.

• The HOF committee will submit recommendations of inductees to the Snow Sports Museum's Board of Directors for final consideration at its regular November meeting.

• Those selected for the class of 2023 or the family of those being recognized posthumously will be notified later in December.

• There will be a recognition ceremony or banquet in June 2024. 

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Guidelines for Nominating an Individual to the Hall of Fame

Qualifications for Nomination
The nominee must have received recognition as a significant achiever in snow sports in West Virginia. They should be currently or have been actively engaged in the development, promotion, and preservation of skiing or snowboarding across West Virginia. They should qualify in two or more of the categories: 

• Area Operations and/or Management or Development Competition -
  competitor, official, judge, course worker, sponsor, organizer

• Government - official or employee-related to snow sports

• Innovation - inventors, innovators, etc.

• Instruction - directors, instructors, coaches, who have distinguished themselves statewide

• Media Leaders - editors, reporters, authors, creators in all media-related positions

• Military - service in the military pertaining to skiing or snow sports

• Organizers/leaders - club, council, federation, associations

• Ski Patrol - individuals who have distinguished themselves statewide

• Snow Sports Industry - sales/rental and suppliers and organizers

• Special Olympics - snow sports contenders, sponsors, guides, equipment, coaches

• Other - other snow sports activities not listed above

 

Required Background Information

• A biographical sketch that describes the categories in which the person is being nominated and the activities in each category for which the person is being nominated

• Names of individuals submitting letters of nomination ( two letters of nomination encouraged)

• A photograph of the nominee