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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 |
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Monty Atwater checking his U.S. Weather Bureau snow measurement instruments, late 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_071 |
| 127 |
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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 |
| 128 |
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Avalanche above the Alta Ranger Station, circa 1961. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_073 |
| 129 |
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Mt. Superior avalanche at Alta, early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_074 |
| 130 |
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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 |
| 131 |
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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 |
| 132 |
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Alta avalanche on Eagle's Nest, circa 1964. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_077 |
| 133 |
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Alta avalanche on Greeley Hill, late 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_078 |
| 134 |
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Alf's High Rustler avalanche at Alta, 1955. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_079 |
| 135 |
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Ed LaChapelle caught in an Alta avalanche off Peruvian ridge, 1959. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_080 |
| 136 |
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Ed LaChapelle after being caught in an avalanche in 1959. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_081 |
| 137 |
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Ed LaChapelle, Alta Snow Ranger, late 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_082 |
| 138 |
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Fred Speyer, fist General Manager of Alta Ski lifts, circa 1950. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_084 |
| 139 |
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Alta Ski Patrol skiing a sled down a slope, 1946. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_085 |
| 140 |
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Dr. Frank Howard, National Ski Patrol, and two ski patrol assistants giving attention to an injured skier at Alta, 1947. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_086 |
| 141 |
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Chic Morton at Alta, early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_087 |
| 142 |
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Jim Shane, Alta ski pioneer, skiing the Alta powder, early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_090 |
| 143 |
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Measuring an avalanche which ran off Mt. Superior, early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_092 |
| 144 |
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Alf Engen teaching members of the Forest Service to ski, early 1940s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_093 |
| 145 |
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Early "snow jeep," Alta's first snow cat machine, early 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_094 |
| 146 |
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Hauling skiers with the "Weasel" at Alta, mid 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_095 |
| 147 |
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Collins Chairlift, Alta, 1939. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_096 |
| 148 |
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Collins Chairlift, Alta, 1939. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_097 |
| 149 |
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Skiers at Alta, circa 1938. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_098 |
| 150 |
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Skiers at the old Watson's Shelter, circa 1953. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_099 |