Events: Gelande, 1960s-1980s

File — Box: 10, Folder: 25

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Scope and Contents

Photograph number 1: Alan Engen, winner of Alta's first Gelande Tournament held on April 33, 1963 at the bottom of Alta's Rustler hillside.
Photograph number 2: Dick Simon in competition at Alta's first gelande tournament held on April 22, 1963.
Photograph number 3: Winners of the first National Gelande Championship held at Alta, circa 1965.
Photograph number 4: Keith Lange, showing near perfection form in a gelande.
Photograph number 5: Bill Moss in flight winning the professional class in the 1968 Alta National Gelande Contest, April 1968.
Photograph number 6: Dan Thurston from Colorado performing a near perfect "spread eagle" gelande jump, circa April 1969.
Photograph number 7: Jim Gaddis in flight at the 1966 Alta National Gelande Championhsip, circa 1966.
Photograph number 8: Jon Engen performing a gelande in national competition, circa 1967.
Photograph number 9: Poster used to promote the National Gelande Tournament held at Alta, Utah in April 1967.
Photograph number 10: Salt Lake Tribune article about Alf Engen's opinion on gelande competitions.
Photograph number 11: Utah Chronicle article about gelande
Photograph number 12: Two of the first skiers to perform inverted maneuvers in active competition at the National Gelande Championship at Alta, April 1970.
Photograph number 13: Bob Theobald executing inverted manuver, April 1972.
Photograph number 14: Poster used to promote the National Gelande Tournament held at Alta, Utah in April 1972.
Photograph number 15-16: Gelande medal used for Alta's 50th Anniversary celebration in 1989.
Photograph number 17: Alan Engen at the 50th Anniversary celebration Gelande Tournamant, April 1989.
Photograph number 18: Gelande jumper at Alta's 50th Anniversary Gelande Tournament, April 1989.
Photograph number 19: Winners of Alta's 50th Anniversary celebration Gelande Tournament, Professional Veterans Class: Junior Bounous-2nd place, Gene Christiansen-1st place, Alan Engen-3rd place.
Photograph number 20-21 Unidentified gelande jumpers

Dates

1960s-1980s

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