From Deseret News archives:
Top skiers and resort owners receive recognition
Those honored by the Utah Ski Archives:
Edgar Stern, once owner of Treasure Mountain Resort, now Park City Mountain Resort, and founder of Deer Valley, received the S.J. Quinney Award for Contributions to Skiing through the Utah Ski Archives.
Stern purchased 7,000 acres in 1968 in Park City, which included Treasure Mountain. He opened Deer Valley in 1981. In 2001 and 2005, Ski Magazine rated Deer Valley the No. 1 overall ski resort in North America. Deer Valley was also one of the venues for the 2002 Olympics.
Others honored by the Ski Archives:
Clay Fox of Gillette, Wyo., won gold in super G and giant slalom, bronze in slalom and silver in downhill in the 2005 U.S. Disabled Alpine Championships.
Erik Schlopy, a native of upstate New York who now resides in Park City, made the U.S. Ski Team at 18 and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Teams in 1994, 2002 and 2006. He has won seven U.S. ski titles.
Lacey Heward of Boise has been in a wheelchair since she was 16 months old when a 100-pound barbell fell on her, paralyzing her below the waist. Heward won bronze medals in super G and giant slalom in the 2002 Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, the same year she won the U.S. downhill championship. She has seven World Cup wins and was 2004 World Cup runner-up overall in giant slalom.
Monte Meier of Park City lost his right leg in a garden tiller accident at the age of 8. He mastered the art of three-track skiing and became one of the best one-legged skiers in the world. He won the final World Cup slalom in 2005, the same year he was runner-up in World Cup slalom points. He won the 2004 World Championships slalom bronze medal and a gold and silver in slalom in the U.S. Disabled Alpine World Cup races.
Nathan Roberts of Ogden made his World Cup debut in 2003, won his first World Cup mogul contest the next season and captured the gold medal in moguls at the 2005 World Championships. In 2005 he also won the U.S. moguls and duals titles and won a duals World Cup event.
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