Ski Affair 2024
The Ski Affair is the gathering of passionate individuals who share a love for skiing, winter sports, and the great outdoors. This event serves as an opportunity to celebrate our shared interests, connect with fellow enthusiasts, and support the library's mission to promote education, research, and community engagement.
About the Event
The high-spirited Ski Affair is the J. Willard Marriott Library’s largest fundraiser of the year.
Attracting some 300 ski and snowboard enthusiasts, the event helps launch the annual ski season in the Intermountain Region. The gathering honors individuals and organizations that have played prominent roles in shaping today’s billion dollar ski and snowboard industry.
The 2024 event will include:
- Social hour with an opportunity drawing guests can enter to win
- Three-course plated meal and hosted bar
- Program hosted by the Marriott Library
- Awards ceremony for the S.J. Quinney and Sue Raemer Award Honorees
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
6pm-9pm
Location
Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House
155 Central Campus Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Purpose
The Ski Affair marks the start of the ski season and raises funds and awareness for the Marriott Library Ski & Snow Sports Archives. It brings together enthusiasts to honor snow sport's history in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. We pay tribute to industry pioneers and celebrate their contributions.
Who attends?
Everyone is invited! Approxmiately 320 tickets are available, including reserved tables of eight people for purchase. Whether you are an avid skier or simply interested in the ski culture, this event promises an evening filled with engaging conversations, networking opportunities, and insights into the world of winter sports.
Where does the money go?
Proceeds help solicit, collect, catalogue, file and digitize the Marriott Library's Ski and Snow Sports Archives, which were established in 1989 and have become the largest collection of skiing history in the country. The collection includes the records of the Olympic/Paralympic Winter Games of 2002, materials donated by the family of ski pioneer/legend Alf Engen, and more than 300,000 photographs donated by Ski Racing Magazine.
How can I get involved?
We'd love to have you attend the Ski Affair! The library also continually accepts ski/snowboard related photos, scrapbooks, videos and films, brochures, flyers, news stories and feature articles, race results, manuscripts and personal collections.