Vintage newspaper clipping with headline "Alf Engen Smashes World Ski Record." Includes images of a skier mid-jump and a portrait of a man in a ski uniform.

Alf Engen Papers

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University of Utah - J. Willard Marriott Library

Alf Marinius Engen (May 15, 1909–July 20, 1997) was a Norwegian-American skier. He set several ski jumping world records during the 1930s and helped establish numerous ski areas in the Western United States. Engen is best known for his ski school at Alta in Utah and as the pioneer of powder skiing.

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