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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376 |
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Peruvian lodge, late 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_045 |
| 377 |
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503rd Parachute Battalion training at Alta, 1942. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_049 |
| 378 |
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Skiers at Alta, early 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_050 |
| 379 |
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Inside the Alta Lodge looking toward Mt. Superior, late 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_051 |
| 380 |
 |
Fred Speyer, first General Manager of the ski lifts at Alta, early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_054 |
| 381 |
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Skiers and snowshoers outside Alta's Germania Hut, mid 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_055 |
| 382 |
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Alf Engen teaching a young girl how to ski at Alta, circa 1952. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_056 |
| 383 |
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Skiers looking at Freidl Pfeifer's figure 8's carved down Alta's High Rustler. (11x14) For additional information and similar photographs see collection P0413 Alan K. Engen. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_057 |
| 384 |
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Alf and other Forest Service personnel discussing ski teaching methods, circa early 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_059 |
| 385 |
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Alf Engen teaching Forest Service personnel how to ski at Alta, early 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_060 |
| 386 |
 |
Alta ski lift buried by an avalanche. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_063 |
| 387 |
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Alta ski lift. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_064 |
| 388 |
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Peruvian Lodge, Alta. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_066 |
| 389 |
 |
Snowpine shelter at Alta, 1938-1939. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_067 |
| 390 |
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Chic Morton at Alta, 1949. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_068 |
| 391 |
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Winners of the Alta Cup, L to R: Barney McLean, Jerry Hiat and Dick Movitz. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_072 |
| 392 |
 |
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 |
| 393 |
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Monty Atwater, legendary Snow Ranger, circa 1949. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_077 |
| 394 |
 |
Alta Powder News article about Sverre Engen. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_079 |
| 395 |
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Alan Engen, age 11, on the cover of a Boy Scout merit badge pamphlet cover, circa 1953. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_081 |
| 396 |
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Alan Engen, age 10, at Alta, circa December 1950. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_083 |
| 397 |
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Alta Ski Area, circa 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_084 |
| 398 |
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Germania ski hut at Alta, circa early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_087 |
| 399 |
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Ski patrollers at Alta, L to R: Tim Foley, Harold Goodro, Gordon Allcott, Dave Shelden, circa 1949. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_096 |
| 400 |
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Ski patroller watching skiers. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_098 |