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Deseret News Ski School

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1948-

Parallel Names

  • Deseret News Ski and Snowboard School

Biography

The Deseret News Ski School was a ski instruction program in Utah.

The Deseret News Ski School was established in 1948 by Wilby Durham, who worked for Deseret News, and Alf Engen, who owned his own ski school at the time. By 2000, it was called the Deseret Morning News Ski and Snowboard School. As of 2010, it was the longest continuously held ski instruction program in the United States.

Citation:
Deseret News, via www, February 27, 2023 (Deseret News Ski School; Began in 1948 by Wilby Durham, promotion director of the Deseret News, and Alf Engen, director of the Alf Engen Ski School; longest continuously held ski instruction program in the U.S.; by 2000 called Deseret News Ski and Snowboard School, still active as of 2010)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Deseret News Ski School : a Utah skisport legacy

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239278077]
Identifier: MSS 9279
Scope and Contents

Contains a DVD labeled, "Deseret News Ski School; A Utah Skisport Legacy," created by Alan K. Engen for exhibits at the Alta Historical Society and the Alf Engen Ski Museum. The DVD is a documentary of the history of the sport of skiing in Utah and the Deseret New Ski School. Dated 2001.

Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Deseret News Ski School : a Utah skisport legacy

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