SAVE THE DATE!

2010 International Skiing History Association
SKIING HERITAGE WEEK
Park City, Utah

Monday, March 22 to
Saturday, March 27, 2010

A Dilemma: Skiing or Skiing History . . . or Both?

Those contemplating attending the International Skiing History Association’s 2010 Skiing Heritage Week festivities March 22-27, 2010 in Park City , Utah face a major dilemma. (Hint: it doesn’t pertain to getting a legal cocktail in Utah since the state’s oft-maligned liquor laws were dramatically liberalized last July).

The quandary before the ski enthusiasts/ski historians is this: How best to maximize their visit to a venue that offers both world-class skiing and world-class ski history repositories at their lodging’s doorstep?

To ease any possible stress that may come upon Heritage Week attendees, the host organizing committee and ISHA are putting together a schedule that will satisfy both the ski and history cravings, and offer the camaraderie and good times that define Heritage Week..

For those who’ll put skiing first on their to-do list, the docket includes skiing forays at The Canyons, Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort, all within a kick-turn of the Park City’s history-laden, oft-bustling old Main Street. Plus – there’s a ski outing planned for storied Alta Ski Area, which is observing its 71st year, and adjacent Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon east of Salt Lake City .

Those itching to satisfy their thirst for matters historic, the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center/Alf Engen Ski Museum at Utah ’s Olympic Park (www.olyparks.com) will help fill the bill. The $11 million enclave houses the Engen Museum and the 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum, sure to rekindle those heady times of the last Winter Games held in the U.S.

Almost adjacent to The Canyons Resort where the group will be housed, the Olympic Park’s tiara of activities also includes such Olympic-caliber gems as a luge/bobsled track, 90- 120-meter ski jumping hills, freestyle training slopes and splash pool.

If ski history is the visitor’s focus, fear not. It can be satisfied to the 10th power at the University of Utah ’s J. Willard Marriott Library’s Ski Archives, arguably the country’s largest repositories of ski history. Established in 1989 at the University on Salt Lake City ’s east bench, the archives include thousands of ski photos as well as videos tape, news clippings, scrapbooks, special collections, the files of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Assn., and those of several area resorts. (To accommodate those who will not be able to visit the archives at the library, there will be a sampling of Ski Archives items on display during Heritage Week at The Canyons.)

The Ski Archives (www.skiarchives.org) and the Engen Museum (www.engenmuseum.org) enjoy a unique partnership that is a ski historian’s dream. The museum houses the large, three-dimensional historic pieces and the Ski Archives preserves and makes available to the public flat, easier-to-file items.

Skiing Heritage Week activity planners also hope to include a tour of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Assn.’s new $25 million training and rehabilitation center, which was opened last summer a just east of Park City .

All of this on top of the traditional ISHA Skiing Heritage Week events - - - The Beekley Dinner and Beekley Lecture, the free wheeling and entertaining Moves and Shakers evening, and the annual ISHA Awards dinner, honoring the world’s best skiing history books and films, along with lifetime skiing history skiing history achievements.

According to Connie Nelson, chairwoman of the host organizing committee and executive director of the Alf Engen Ski Museum , early reservations to Skiing Heritage Week are encouraged. Reservations and requests for additional information can be accommodated by contacting Ms. Nelson by phone at 435-658-4240 or by email at connie.nelson@olyparks.com.

ISHA President Dean Ericson, Connie Nelson, and the local organizing committee have put this great week together for an incredible price of $1,295 (plus tax) per person double occupancy at the Sundial Lodge located at the Canyons. The package includes lodging, lift tickets, events and dinners, an on mountain lunch at the Canyons, and local transportation.

The tentative ISHA Skiing Heritage Week schedule is as follows:

Monday, March 22nd – The Canyons Resort (www.thecanyons.com)

· Ski at The Canyons Resort
· Opening reception, Sundial Lodge, The Canyons

Tuesday, March 23rd – The Canyons Resort

· Ski at The Canyons Resort
· Lunch at the Redpine Lodge, The Canyons
· Beekley Dinner and Memorial Lecture at Empire Lodge, Deer Valley Resort

Wednesday, March 24th – Deer Valley Resort

· Ski at Deer Valley Resort (www.deervalleyresort.com)

Thursday, March 25th – Alta/Snowbird

· Ski at Alta/Snowbird, Little Cottonwood Canyon (www.alta.com; www.snowbird.com)
· Movers and Shakers, the Cliff Lodge, Snowbird

Friday, March 26th – Park City Mountain Resort

· Ski at Park City Mountain Resort (www.parkcitymountain.com)
· ISHA Annual Awards dinner, Alf Engen Ski Museum , Utah Olympic Park

Press Contacts:

Connie Nelson, Executive Director, Engen Museum 435-658-4240
Dean Ericson, President, ISHA 303-893-0903

I.S.H.A. Gatherings 1992-2008

1992 at Whistler
1993 at Sun Valley
1994 at Park City
1995 at Aspen
1996 at Stowe
1997 at Aspen
1998 at Squaw Valley
1999 at Mont Tremblant
2000 at Banff
2001 at Sun Valley
2002 at Vail
2003 at Deer Valley/
Park City
2004 at Mammoth
2005 at Stowe
2006 at Vail
2007 at Vail
2008 at Aspen
2009 at Mammoth