![]() ![]() Thousands of people from all walks of life and all age groups have been given the opportunity to learn to ski at very low cost through this program, which was started by my father, Wilby Durham (assistant general manager of the Deseret News), and Sverre Engen. Over the years this particular ski outreach program has played a dramatic role in the development of skiers in the Intermountain region. ![]() ![]() He was also one of the principals in establishing and running the Deseret News Ski School from 1948 through 1989. More than 150 vintage photographs illustrate the history of U.S. During those years he played a key role in developing many of the ski teaching techniques still being used and was mentor to many nowfamous ski professionals such as Junior Bounous, Max Lundberg, Bill Lash, Lou Lorentz, Keith Lange, and others. Buy a cheap copy of For the Love of Skiing: A Visual. For the next forty years he ran the Alf Engen Ski School, which still carries his name. Moritz, Switzerland, my father moved his family from Sun Valley back to Salt Lake City and took over the ski school at Alta. Following his coaching experience in the 1948 winter Olympic Games, which were held at St. ![]()
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