Selected photos from the Utah Ski Archives, documenting the history of ski competition on local, national, and international levels; the founding of major resorts; snow safety and avalanche control; ski equipment; ski instruction; freestyle skiing; the 10th Mountain Division; back-country skiing; and virtually every facet of winter sports in Utah and the surrounding region.
Filters: Date: "1931" Format: "image/jpeg" Collection: "uum_map_usa" Spatial Coverage: "Alta (Utah)"
| Title | Collection Number And Name | Photo Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Skiers on a beginners slope | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_01_01 |
| 2 |
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Greeley Bowl, upper Alta Basin | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_01_03 |
| 3 |
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Compilation of Alta ski runs and lifts | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_01_06 |
| 4 |
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Avalanche debris | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_01_07 |
| 5 |
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Skiers waiting in line to board lift | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_01_09 |
| 6 |
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Snow covered slopes at Alta | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_01_10 |
| 7 |
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View of the base of Alta to Mt. Baldy | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_01_12 |
| 8 |
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View of Rustler with snow slide | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_01_13 |
| 9 |
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Skiers viewing landscape | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_01_38 |
| 10 |
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Rustler from the west | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_03_03 |
| 11 |
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Rustler from the north | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_03_04 |
| 12 |
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Rustler from the east | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_03_05 |
| 13 |
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High rustler during the summer before the cat track was made. | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_03_06 |
| 14 |
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Mt. Superior from the valley | P0371 Alta Photograph Collection | P0371n1_06_05 |
| 15 |
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Young man holding a pair of skis in front of a mining shaft | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n01_02_033 |
| 16 |
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Members of the Wasatch Mountain Club visiting Alta, circa 1920s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n01_02_066 |
| 17 |
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Fred Speyer, first General Manager of the ski lifts at Alta, early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_054 |
| 18 |
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High Rustler. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n1_27_07 |
| 19 |
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Mayor Watson standing in his entrance shaft. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n2_10_06 |
| 20 |
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Mayor Watson in front of Railbus. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_20 |
| 21 |
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Mayor Watson with mining friends. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_28 |
| 22 |
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Mayor Watson checks ore sample | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_33 |
| 23 |
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Original deed for Alta signed by President Grant | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_03 |
| 24 |
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Photo of Alta from the Wasatch Mountain Club Archives. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_15 |
| 25 |
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Early Alta | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_20 |