Bill Shorter flying over a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair parked in Little Cottonwood Canyon road at Alta. Mount Superior is in the background.

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Title Bill Shorter flying over a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair parked in Little Cottonwood Canyon road at Alta. Mount Superior is in the background.
Photo Number P0931n1_01_06
Description Photo of a skier (Bill Shorter or Alf Engen) jumping the Alta road on an avalanche in the mid-1960s
Keywords Utah; Ski Archives; Skis and skiing; Skiers; Men; Ski jumping; Little Cottonwood Canyon; Ski resorts; Alta; Automobiles; Mount Superior; avalanches
Subject Skiers--Utah--Photographs; Avalanches--Utah--Photographs
Additional Information The car was owned by Bill Shorter, who was a handyman at the Alta Lodge. The photograph was taken on the road by Hellgate, halfway between Alta and Snowbird ski resorts, where an avalanche had covered the road.
Spatial Coverage Alta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Collection Number and Name P0931 Jim Gaddis Photograph Collection
Collection Name Jim Gaddis
Relation is Part of Ski and Snow Sports Archives
Date 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970
Textual Date Late 1960s
Creator Ted Johnson
Original Source N/A
Donated By/Purchased From Loaned for scanning by Jim Gaddis via Greg Thompson.
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6zs3gtt
Setname uum_map_usa
ID 948082
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zs3gtt
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