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: "1955" Format: "image/jpeg" Collection: "uum_map_usa" Spatial Coverage: "Big Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah)" Format: image
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Riders on horses in Mill D Fork inspecting avalanche damage | P0370 Wasatch Mountains United States Forest Service Photograph Collection | P0370n1_5_01 |
| 2 |
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Base of early Brighton chairlift | P0370 Wasatch Mountains United States Forest Service Photograph Collection | P0370n1_5_02 |
| 3 |
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Mountain man with skis standing in front of a shack, Big Cottonwood Canyon. (Also known as Brighton's old blind miner.) | P0370 Wasatch Mountains United States Forest Service Photograph Collection | P0370n1_5_12 |
| 4 |
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Aerial of the south side of Twin Peaks also showing Mineral Basin and Mary Ellen Gulch | P0370 Wasatch Mountains United States Forest Service Photograph Collection | P0370n1_6_07 |
| 5 |
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Aerial, east side of Twin Peaks, with Mineral Basin and Marry Ellen Gulch | P0370 Wasatch Mountains United States Forest Service Photograph Collection | P0370n1_6_08 |
| 6 |
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Ice skaters at Brighton | P0377 Ruth Peay Photograph Collection | P0377n1_02_07 |
| 7 |
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Brighton ski lodge | P0377 Ruth Peay Photograph Collection | P0377n1_02_16 |
| 8 |
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Brighton parking lot | P0377 Ruth Peay Photograph Collection | P0377n1_02_17 |
| 9 |
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Brighton parking lot | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_23 |
| 10 |
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K. Smith with two students on a Brighton slope. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_27 |
| 11 |
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Contact strip of B&W negatives. Includes subjects such as racing, jumping, and a U of U football team. Hugh Olander, Alf Engen and Jack Reddish. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_28 |
| 12 |
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Brighton ski resort | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_29 |
| 13 |
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Brighton ski resort | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_30 |
| 14 |
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Lake Mary | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_34 |
| 15 |
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Lake Phoebe, Big Cottonwood canyon. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_37 |
| 16 |
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Brighton parking lot | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_38 |
| 17 |
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Skier jumping at Brighton | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_39 |
| 18 |
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Skier jumping at Brighton | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_40 |
| 19 |
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Skier jumping at Brighton | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_01_41 |
| 20 |
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Two skiers standing at the rear of a car retrieving their skiing equipment. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_001 |
| 21 |
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Fallen skier lying on his back. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_003 |
| 22 |
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Ski instructor pointing something out to his students. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_005 |
| 23 |
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Cars parked in front of the Balsam (?) Hotel. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_009 |
| 24 |
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Zane Doyle, Carol Lynn Doyle and Michael Doyle (left). | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_015 |
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Zane Doyle resting and looking at the view from the top of a ski lift. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_020 |