Image courtesy of Lahout's Ski Shop
100-year businesses don't exist. The retail industry is dead. In the rugged White Mountains of northern New Hampshire, neither of those statements are true.
Nearly four years shy of its hundredth anniversary, Lahout's Ski Shop is undoubtedly the oldest ski shop in North America. Lahout’s has remained open 365 days a year since 1920. While e-commerce and conglomerates have stripped the country of local, independent retailers, a family of Lebanese immigrants have prevailed for a century, beating the Great Depression, World War II, the Dot Com Crash and the Great Recession.
"North Country" is brought to you by Stept Studios and Teton Gravity Research. Catch the story's gallery of exclusive images in issue 194 of Mountain Gazette.
