ISHA Events & Awards

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LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK

MARCH 26th - 29th, 2025

Schedule of ISHA events (subject to revision):

• Wednesday, March 26: Welcome reception, film festival
• Thursday, March 27: John Fry Presentation: North American Skiers in WWII; film festival, trivia quiz
• Friday, March 28: ISHA reception (5pm) and Awards Banquet (6pm) at Olympic Center
• Saturday, March 29: Historians' Colloquium, ISHA Board meeting, Hall of Fame induction

Full Schedule

TICKETS now on sale.

Lodging at:

Mirror Lake Inn

Crowne Plaza

Grand Adirondack

The 2025 ISHA Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award

A Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Jeff Byrne of Lake Placid, NY, in recognition of his lifelong activities promoting skiing and its culture. Jeff has dedicated his career to professional coaching and managing all aspects of winter sports program management for Special Olympics International. He currently serves on the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) and several nonprofit boards and committees.

 

Ullr Awards

Presented for a single outstanding contribution or several contributions to skiing’s historical record in published book form

• Der Schneehase: SAS 1924-2024, by Ivan Wagner
• North Star: The Legacy of Jean-Marie Mouchet, by John Firth
• Going Downhill Fast: And Other Stories from Skiing’s Extremes, by Jay Cowan
• Danger! Natural Snow: Aspects of Ski & Olympic History Edited by Annette R. Hofmann & Christof Thöny

 

Baldur Awards

Presented for an outstanding work of general interest that sheds significant light on an aspect of skiing history

• I Survived Myself, by Peter “Peru” Chrzanowski
• Avalanche Dreams: A Memoir of Skiing, Climbing, and Life, by Louis Dawson

 

Skade Awards

Presented for an outstanding work on regional ski history or for an outstanding work published in book form that is focused in part on ski history

• De La Vallée aux Sommets: Une Histoire de Passion et d'Audace, by Danielle Soucy
• Sierra Nevada: The History of Ropeways, by Juan Jose Lapuerta Rodriguez
• Mount Washington Valley Through The Ears: 1976-2005 (Mountain Ear), Compiled by Sarah Eastman & Karen Cummings

Film Awards

•  Mad River Glen: A 7-year Fellowship of Skiers Rick Moulton
• Mountain Men: Gothic Line 1945 Andrea & Giuliano Gandolfi
• Variable: 10 Years, 46 Mountains, Endless Possibilities Jamie & Doug Kennard

 

Honorable Mentions

 

• Book: The Man Who Had 9 Lives: A Murder on Skis Mystery by Phil Bayly
• Video: Centursa Sierra Nevada: Una Historia Por Esquiar Santiago Sevilla
• Short Film: Gray Rocks, Snow Trains, Monts Plante, Chalet Cochand, Jackrabbit, and Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele, Michel Allard - with LSM, Cogeco Community TV & Nous TV Laurentides

 

Women in Snowsports Industry Award

ISHA will present The Women in Snowsports Industry Award to Ingrid P. Wicken. In addition to being the author of award-winning snowsports history books, she has dedicated her life to the development and expansion of the California Ski Library, the largest private ski library in the world.

 

The 2024 ISHA Awards were presented March 22, 2024

                                                                                         Park City, Utah

Ullr Book Awards

“Around the World in 50 Slopes,” By Patrick Thorne

“Georges Blanchon:Cet homme protée libre et généreux,” By Daniel Sage

“Winterdanse: The Misplaced Art of Snow Ballet,” By Michael Russell

“Une Histoire des skis Dynamic: Skis de Légende adoptés par des coureurs exceptionnels,” By Jean Michal

Baldur Book Awards

"Junior Bounous and the Joys of Skiing," By Ayja Bounous

"Disneyland on the Mountain: Walt, the Environmentalists, and the Ski Resort That Never Was," By Greg Glasgow & Kathryn Mayer

Skade Book Awards

"From Ranch to Resort: The History of Sierra at Tahoe," By Christopher C. Couper

"Eldora: Six Decades of Adventure," By Rett Ertl & Andy Bigford

"Skiing off the Roof," By Rick Walkom

Film Awards

 "Full Circle: A Story of Post Traumatic Growth," Trevor Kennison, Barry Corbet & Josh Berman

"Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche," Jared Drake & Steven Siig 

"Alf Engen: Snapshots of a Sports Icon," Alan & Barbara Engen (producers)

Cyber Award

Perisher Historical Society (https://perisherhistory.org.au/)

Perisher Historical Society

Honorable mentions

Baldur Honorable Mention

"Without Restraint," Robert C. DeLena & Ryan C. DeLena

Skade Honorable Mention

Skiing in Colorado, Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame and Dana Mathios

Film Award Honorable Mention

"NGR: The Fabulous Life of Nancy Greene Raine," Lainey Mullins

 

2023 ISHA Awards were presented March 22, 2023

Big Sky, Montana

See the 2023 ISHA Award video here.

 

2022 ISHA Awards were presented March 24, 2022

See 2022 ISHA Award videos here.

See 2021 ISHA Awards video here.

See 2020 Awards Program video here.

Scroll down to learn more about the ISHA Awards.

ISHA chairman John Fry, who founded NASTAR in 1968, presents an award to Bill Madsen, who has led the national recreational racing program for more than 25 years. ISHA held its annual awards banquet in Squaw Valley during the 2018 NASTAR finals and 50th anniversary celebration.	Longtime ski journalist Peter Shelton won an Ullr Award — his second — for Tracks in the Snow.	A delegation traveled to Squaw Valley from China to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award for Shan Zhaojian (center), China’s leading ski historian.

The ISHA Awards, first established in 1993, honor outstanding creative works of ski history. The awards are presented to book authors, journalists, filmmakers, academicians, website developers, and other media publishers. The ISHA Awards are presented every year in a different ski town; in recent years, the banquet has been held in Park City (2019), Squaw Valley (2018), Stowe (2017), Aspen (2016) and Steamboat (2015). Because of Covid19 restrictions, the 2020 and 2021 Awards were presented online.

The awards are presented for work published or formally completed before the end of the preceding calendar year, and nominations are due in early December.