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.
| Title | Collection Number And Name | Photo Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 |
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Summer picnic scene in BIg Cottonwood canyon | P0390 Non-Utah Skiing Photograph Collection | P0390n1_05_02 |
| 152 |
 |
Explosive charge detonating in the snow. | P0393 Avalanches Photograph Collection | P0393n1_12_11a |
| 153 |
 |
Avalanche map | P0393 Avalanches Photograph Collection | P0393n1_17_35 |
| 154 |
 |
Sawing up felled tree, Brighton | P0402 Ted Major Photograph Collection | P0402n1_15_18 |
| 155 |
 |
Suzy and other women standing on a parade float titled "Citizens Awake, Clean Salt Lake." | P0412 Suzy Harris Rytting Photograph Collection | P0412n1_01_40 |
| 156 |
 |
"Happy Salt Lake trio are Suzy Harris Rytting, new National Giant Slalom champion; her husband Bill Rytting, left; and Salt Lake Ski Club President." | P0412 Suzy Harris Rytting Photograph Collection | P0412n1_02_127 |
| 157 |
 |
Wasatch Mountain Club members at Brighton, circa mid 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n01_02_139 |
| 158 |
 |
Group of women learning to skis at Brighton during the Deseret News Ski School, circa 1950. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n01_02_140 |
| 159 |
 |
Use of the toboggans in the Wasatch Mountains during the 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n01_02_141 |
| 160 |
 |
Jumper standing at the end of the inrun on a summer ski jump. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n01_03_124 |
| 161 |
 |
Alta Mayor George Watson. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_004 |
| 162 |
 |
George Watson welcoming visitors at his entrance shaft. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_013 |
| 163 |
 |
Mayor George Watson in the entrance to his cabin at Alta. Guests had to climb down a 15 foot ladder to enter the main part of the cabin. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_031 |
| 164 |
 |
L to R: Mayor George Watson, Sharlene Brewer, Felix Koziol, and Jack Reddish, circa 1950 at Alta. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_032 |
| 165 |
 |
George H. Watson entertains with a "Ski Ball" in his cabin, circa late 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_033 |
| 166 |
 |
Mayor George Watson with his collection of posters, pictures and other objects, circa 1950 at Alta. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_034 |
| 167 |
 |
Mayor George Watson asleep in his cabin, circa 1950 at Alta. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_035 |
| 168 |
 |
Mayor George Watson. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_038 |
| 169 |
 |
Peruvian lodge, late 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_045 |
| 170 |
 |
Alta ski lift buried by an avalanche. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_063 |
| 171 |
 |
Peruvian Lodge, Alta. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_066 |
| 172 |
 |
Montgomery (Monty) Atwater, Snow Ranger at Alta in the late 1940s and 1950s. Atwater developed the avalauncher, still in use today. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_076 |
| 173 |
 |
Alta Ski Area, circa 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_084 |
| 174 |
 |
Germania ski hut at Alta, circa early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_087 |
| 175 |
 |
Ski patroller watching skiers. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_098 |