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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Alta Lodge, circa 1940. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_030 |
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Ed LaChapelle caught in an Alta avalanche off Peruvian ridge, 1959. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_080 |
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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 |
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Same view of Alta looking up toward Albion Basin taken in 1995 as the 1885 C.R. Savage image of Alta. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_166 |
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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 |
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Alf's High Rustler avalanche at Alta, 1955. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_079 |
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Alta Lodge, circa 1940. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_055 |
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Woodcut of Alta City, 1873. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n03_03_052 |
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Alta avalanche on Eagle's Nest, circa 1964. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_077 |
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Alta avalanche on Greeley Hill, late 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_078 |
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Alta ski lift buried by an avalanche. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_063 |
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Alta ski lift. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_064 |
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Avalanche above the Alta Ranger Station, circa 1961. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_073 |
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Ed LaChapelle, Alta Snow Ranger, late 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_082 |
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Fred Speyer, fist General Manager of Alta Ski lifts, circa 1950. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_084 |
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Jim Shane, Alta ski pioneer, skiing the Alta powder, early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_090 |
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Mt. Superior avalanche at Alta, early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_074 |
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Painting by Thomas Moran, 1895, "Avalanche in Cottonwood Canyon that Destroyed Alta in 1878." | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_072 |
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Watercolor of Alta by Linda Roberts. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n03_03_015 |
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Alf Engen jumping a 1964 Corvair on the road leading to Alta using a freshly run avalanche as a take-off. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_03_012 |
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Alf Engen and Lowell Thomas, world famous commentator, at Alta, circa 1965. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_139 |
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Avalanche off Alf's High Rustler at Alta. Photo by Alan Engen, circa 1950. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_075 |
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Avalanche that ran off Mount Baldy clear to the top of the old Collins Lift at Alta. Photo by Alan Engen, 1950 | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_076 |
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Snowpine shelter under construction at Alta, circa 1937-1938. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_050 |
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Snowpine shelter under construction at Alta, circa 1937-1939. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_051 |