SQUAW VALLEY 1960 (Alpine Skiing)

VIII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES FINAL REPORT page 93f After Squaw Valley was awarded the VIII Olympic Winter Games, the Organizing Committee hired an outstanding staff to assure proper staging of the Alpine Events. In June, 1958, Willy J. Schaeffler, ski coach from Denver University, was hired as director of ski events and technical advisor for Alpine events. In November, 1958, Nelson A. Bennett, manager of the US Olympic team in 1956 and head of the Sun Valley, Idaho ski patrol, was named assistant director of ski events and assistant chief of course for Alpine events. In February, 1959, Chelton Leonard, ski coach at the University of Nevada, was hired as technical assistant for Alpine events. The Ski Events Advisory Committee, Andrieus A. Jones chairman, was formed as early as 1956. Friedl Wolfgang, FIS technical delegate for Alpine events, attended the 1959 Trial Events at Squaw Valley, and, after making certain recommendations to the Organizing Committee, assured the FIS that the Squaw Valley facilities and courses would be staged in accordance with FIS rules and specifications. Briefly, the preparation of the Alpine race courses went in the following chronological order: (1) the original outlaying of the trails took place in the summer of 1956, and the first testing of snow fences on Squaw Peak took place in the winter of 1956. (2) the felling of trees and widening of trails, plus use of rock drilling equipment and high explosives took place in 1957. (3) the widening ...



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