Sverre was a big ski personalities. He was a versatile athlete and ambassador for the sport of skiing. He was engaged in ski schools and taught Americans to enjoy standing on ski.Sverre had many assignments related to the development and protection of ski runs and ski resorts. Sverre Engen also became a renowned photographer and producer and made a career in this field. The brothers Engen has left deep traces in the U.S. skiing history.
∼Sverre Engen, Snowbasin ski instructor who coached the Weber State team, died in 2001 at age 90.
Utah skiing pioneer who was the last surviving member of the American Professional Ski Jumping Tour, died at 90.
Engen came to the United States from Norway in 1929. He assisted in the building of Park City's Ecker Hill in Utah, designed to stage national jumping competitions. His brother, Alf, set a world record at Ecker Hill in the early 1930's.
Engen became a fixture at Alta Ski Resort in Utah, which opened in 1938, and pioneered efforts to forecast and control avalanches.
∼Sverre Engen, Snowbasin ski instructor who coached the Weber State team, died in 2001 at age 90.
Utah skiing pioneer who was the last surviving member of the American Professional Ski Jumping Tour, died at 90.
Engen came to the United States from Norway in 1929. He assisted in the building of Park City's Ecker Hill in Utah, designed to stage national jumping competitions. His brother, Alf, set a world record at Ecker Hill in the early 1930's.
Engen became a fixture at Alta Ski Resort in Utah, which opened in 1938, and pioneered efforts to forecast and control avalanches.
Sverre was a big ski personalities. He was a versatile athlete and ambassador for the sport of skiing. He was engaged in ski schools and taught Americans to enjoy standing on ski.Sverre had many assignments related to the development and protection of ski runs and ski resorts. Sverre Engen also became a renowned photographer and producer and made a career in this field. The brothers Engen has left deep traces in the U.S. skiing history.
∼Sverre Engen, Snowbasin ski instructor who coached the Weber State team, died in 2001 at age 90.
Utah skiing pioneer who was the last surviving member of the American Professional Ski Jumping Tour, died at 90.
Engen came to the United States from Norway in 1929. He assisted in the building of Park City's Ecker Hill in Utah, designed to stage national jumping competitions. His brother, Alf, set a world record at Ecker Hill in the early 1930's.
Engen became a fixture at Alta Ski Resort in Utah, which opened in 1938, and pioneered efforts to forecast and control avalanches.
∼Sverre Engen, Snowbasin ski instructor who coached the Weber State team, died in 2001 at age 90.
Utah skiing pioneer who was the last surviving member of the American Professional Ski Jumping Tour, died at 90.
Engen came to the United States from Norway in 1929. He assisted in the building of Park City's Ecker Hill in Utah, designed to stage national jumping competitions. His brother, Alf, set a world record at Ecker Hill in the early 1930's.
Engen became a fixture at Alta Ski Resort in Utah, which opened in 1938, and pioneered efforts to forecast and control avalanches.
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