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: "1957" Collection: "uum_map_usa" Spatial Coverage: "Salt Lake County (Utah)" Format: image
| Title | Collection Number And Name | Photo Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 |
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View of a crowded slope at Brighton. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_117 |
| 127 |
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Zane Doyle looking up at a snow covered peak. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_123 |
| 128 |
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Ski pat-rollers setting the broken leg of a skier. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_129 |
| 129 |
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A crowded slope at Brighton. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_130 |
| 130 |
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Skiers taking a breather in the lounge at Brighton | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_133 |
| 131 |
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Zane Doyle, center, with other skiers standing near the ticket office | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_145 |
| 132 |
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Woman cooking hotdogs over a fire at the Storm Mountain picnic area, Big Cottonwood canyon. | P0390 Non-Utah Skiing Photograph Collection | P0390n1_05_01 |
| 133 |
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Summer picnic scene in BIg Cottonwood canyon | P0390 Non-Utah Skiing Photograph Collection | P0390n1_05_02 |
| 134 |
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Explosive charge detonating in the snow. | P0393 Avalanches Photograph Collection | P0393n1_12_11a |
| 135 |
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Avalanche map | P0393 Avalanches Photograph Collection | P0393n1_17_35 |
| 136 |
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Suzy and other women standing on a parade float titled "Citizens Awake, Clean Salt Lake." | P0412 Suzy Harris Rytting Photograph Collection | P0412n1_01_40 |
| 137 |
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"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 |
| 138 |
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Wasatch Mountain Club members at Brighton, circa mid 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n01_02_139 |
| 139 |
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Alan Engen, Intermountain Junior Jumping Champion, jumping on Landes Hill, circa 1957. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n01_03_087 |
| 140 |
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Alan Engen jumping on Landes Hill, circa 1957. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n01_03_091 |
| 141 |
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Jumper standing at the end of the inrun on a summer ski jump. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n01_03_124 |
| 142 |
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Skiers and snowshoers outside Alta's Germania Hut, mid 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_055 |
| 143 |
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Alta ski lift buried by an avalanche. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_063 |
| 144 |
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Alta Ski Area, circa 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_084 |
| 145 |
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Ski patroller watching skiers. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_098 |
| 146 |
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Alf Engen at a session of the Deseret news Ski School. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_129 |
| 147 |
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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 |
| 148 |
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George Watson and Alf Engen toast each other. In photo L to R: George Watson, Alf Engen, Ted Keller, Ken Maughan, and Felix Koziol. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_066 |
| 149 |
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Alta avalanche on Greeley Hill, late 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_078 |
| 150 |
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Ed LaChapelle, Alta Snow Ranger, late 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_082 |