The Valley Reporter – New Pictures Exhibit; ‘Hubert Schriebl; From the Alps to Vermont’ at Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe

 The Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum’s latest exhibition, “Hubert Schriebl; From the Alps to Vermont,” celebrates one of the prolific photographers within the historical past of mountain sports activities. It shall be celebrated with a gap occasion on Friday, December 5.

Hubert Schriebl is a “photographer’s photographer,” a person whose digital camera has captured the the world’s highest peaks and Vermont’s hillsides. A local of Austria, Schriebl’s love of images started within the Nineteen Sixties whereas serving as a mountain information for the Austrian Alpine Club throughout survey expeditions in Nepal’s Everest area. In 1964, he was the lead information and photographer on the primary ascent of Manaslu II (North), a 23,480-foot Himalayan summit.

Arriving in Vermont in 1964, Schriebl joined the Stratton Ski School and shortly made the Green Mountains his everlasting residence. For over 50 years because the official photographer of Stratton, his digital camera chronicled the evolution of snowboarding and snowboarding within the area. His photographs have appeared in Ski, Skiing, GEO, Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated and Schriebl additionally coated 4 Winter Olympics, and each U.S. Open of Snowboarding ever held at Stratton.

“Hubert Schriebl’s images don’t just document, they embody the spirit of mountain life” mentioned Dave Schmidt, the exhibit curator. “This exhibition honors both his global vision and his deep local roots.”

The public is obtainable a primary have a look at the exhibit on the Opening Party on Friday, December 5, between 5 and eight p.m.

This exhibit was made doable by Cabot Hosiery, Stratton Mountain Resort, and Chuck and Jann Perkins.