The Alta Experience

A KUED Documentary and Talk

Monday, December 29th

Our Lady of the Snows at 4:30PM

FREE

Alta Historical Society (AHS) starts this winter’s Fireside Chatsprogram with "The Alta Experience," a new KUED documentary
celebrating the 70th anniversary of Alta Ski Area. KUED producer Joe Prokop will introduce the hour-long documentary and field
questions from the audience afterwards. This Fireside Chat is made possible with the partnership of Alta Community Enrichment (ACE).

Alta Fireside Chats are held most weeks throughout the ski season at various lodges in Alta during après ski hours. Additionally, six events

will be held at REI (3285 E. 3300 S., Salt Lake City) and are cosponsored by AHS and the Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation.

Another viewing of “The Alta Experience,” hosted by producer Joe Prokop is scheduled at REI on Tuesday, January 29 at 7:00 pm. A

complete schedule of this winter’s Fireside Chats will be available soon on the AHS web site. Speakers and topics include Alta Ski

Patrollers introducing their avalanche dogs and discussing their role in avalanche work; Alta Ski School Supervisor Nic Nichol recounting

stories about his friend and mentor, the legendary Alf Engen; and former Alta Mayor, Bill Levitt, telling the “Tall Tales of an Ex-

Mayor.”Alta Historical Society Salutes Alta Ski Area’s 70th Anniversary with a Commemorative Poster

Since Alta Ski Area’s 1938 opening, eighteen Alta ski pioneers and legends have been elected to the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard

Hall of Fame. This theme is the focus of a limited edition 70th anniversary poster commissioned by the Alta Historical Society (AHS)

and designed by Scott Engen.  The poster features an action shot of the legendary skier, the late

Dick Durrance, skiing Alta in the early 1940s. Durrance was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1958. The poster also includes

photos of the 17 other Hall of Fame inductees who call Alta home.  Among the 17 inductees are Alf, Sverre, Corey, and Alan Engen –

the only family with four members elected to this prestigious institution. The 70th anniversary poster is available through the AHS

web site, http://www.altahistory.org for a $40 donation to AHS.  AHS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

For further information about the organization or the poster, please contact Barbara Dunlea, (801) 680-5500,

barbaradunlea@comcast.net or David Davenport, (801) 673-2582,dgdavenportii.@yahoo.com.

For more information on the documentary, please visit the website below.

http://www.kued.org/productions/alta/index.html