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.
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| 126 |
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Skiers standing at the back of the Snow Train carrying the Junior Chamber of Commerce skiers. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_007 |
| 127 |
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Salt Lake Tribune article about the new ski shelter at Alta, November 19, 1939. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_029 |
| 128 |
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Alta Lodge, circa 1940. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_030 |
| 129 |
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George Watson, Mayor of "Romantic Alta," circa mid 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_031 |
| 130 |
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George Watson, Mayor of "Romantic Alta," circa late 1940s or early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_032 |
| 131 |
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1937 Great American Prospectors Association membership card. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_033 |
| 132 |
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Mayor George Watson with ski school students in front of the Peruvian Lodge, Alta, Utah, circa January 1949. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_035 |
| 133 |
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Sverre and Lois Engen with friend at Old Watson's, circa mid 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_037 |
| 134 |
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Skiers at Alta, early 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_038 |
| 135 |
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Alta, Utah, circa 1944 or 1945. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_039 |
| 136 |
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Advertisement for Alta found in "Utah Magazine," December 1946. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_040 |
| 137 |
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Sverre Engen, America's first Snow Ranger, at Alta, 1939. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_041 |
| 138 |
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Alta Winter Sports Area Master Plan, 1940. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_043 |
| 139 |
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Sverre Engen and his wife, Lois, performing snow measurements at Alta, early 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_044 |
| 140 |
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Dick Durrance, far left, with his cadre of instructors teaching the 503rd Parachute Battalion how to ski at Alta, circa 1942. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_045 |
| 141 |
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Monty Atwater, Alta Snow Ranger, using a artillery howitzer to shoot an avalanche on Mt. Superior at Alta, circa 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_046 |
| 142 |
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502 parachute Battalion (?) at Alta, circa 1942. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_047 |
| 143 |
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Company B, 503rd Parachute Battalion training at Alta, 1942. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_048 |
| 144 |
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Company B, 503rd Parachute Battalion training at Alta, 1942. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_049 |
| 145 |
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Snowpine shelter under construction at Alta, circa 1937-1938. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_050 |
| 146 |
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Snowpine shelter under construction at Alta, circa 1937-1939. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_051 |
| 147 |
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503rd Parachute Battalion crossing under Mt. Baldy Alta, Utah, circa 1942. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_052 |
| 148 |
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Early rope tow at Alta, 1937. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_053 |
| 149 |
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Alta Lodge, circa 1940. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_055 |
| 150 |
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Collins chairlift, 1938. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_056 |