Skiing In Utah - A Photo Exhibit

Utah has a long history of skiing, beginning as basic transportation and developing to today's multi-million dollar recreation industry. The generally dry climate of Utah produces some of the "best snow on earth," and this resource is fully utilized. In the early mining camps of Alta and Park City, skis were used to deliver the mail or just to get around in the winter. By the 1930s, national ski jump competitions were being held at Ecker Hill, just outside Salt Lake City. Alta became Utah's first ski resort in 1940, and others, including Brighton, Park City, Solitude, Snow Basin, and Snowbird followed as skiing became a national pastime. Utah has recently been chosen as the site of the 2002 Winter Olympics, taking the sport of skiing into the next century. 

For more information on the collections in this exhibit, see the Utah Ski Archives Guide or contact Special Collections. To view ski videos from the Multimdedia collecitons, visit the Marriott Library Youtube channel. The following photos are taken from various collections in Marriott Library's photo archives. Click the photograph number beneath each thumbnail to view these images, and many more, in the J. Willard Marriott Digital Library.

exhibit by Roy Webb, retired Photo Archivist