It's that time of year when those who have done so much for Utah's ski industry are recognized for their work.

Four were recently inducted into the Ski Hall of Fame. Three more will be recognized later this month by the University of Utah Ski Archives.

Inducted into the hall were Richard D. (Dick) Bass, Siegfried (Sigi) Engl, Alan K. Engen and Mike C. Korologos.

Those who will be honored at the Ski Affair are Russ Harmer, Meeche White and Peter Mandler.

Scott Ulbrich, president of the Alf Engen Ski Museum Foundation, which oversees the Hall of Fame, said, "selections are made annually by knowledgeable winter sports historians from Utah, Idaho and Wyoming."

According to the archives' release:

Engl, who passed away in 1982, was a native of Kitzbuehl, Austria. He was a ski instructor by age 15, won the Italian downhill and slalom championships in 1931, the Hahnenkamm combined and the famous Marmolata downhill in 1935.

In 1937, Sigi became an instructor at Badger Pass in Yosemite National Park, Calif., and two years later joined the ski school at Sun Valley, Idaho, where he won the prestigious Harriman Cup in 1941.

He was a member of the famed 10th Mountain Division in World War II. In 1952, he was named director of the Sun Valley Ski School.

The name Dick Bass is synonymous with Snowbird and his accomplishments over the years are legendary.

He graduated from Yale in 1950 and his forays extend into geology, petroleum engineering, ranching and recreation.

He was one of the original investors in Vail Ski Resort and built and opened Snowbird in 1971.

In the 1980s, he set upon becoming the first to reach the summit of the highest mountains on each of the world's seven continents, which included Mount Everest, which he climbed at the age of 55, and in 1986 he co-authored the book, "Seven Summits."

He was honored by the National Ski Areas Association in 2006 with its Lifetime Achievement Award and in June 2007 he received the Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award from American Recreation Coalition in Washington, D.C.

Engen is the son of the late skiing legend Alf Engen. He started skiing at the age of 2 and was competing on the slopes by the age of 9.

He was a five-time Intermountain junior ski champion and a five-time senior champion involving both nordic and alpine events. He was an all-America skier for the University of Utah, member of the U.S. military ski team and was a perennial winner in U.S. Masters Series ski events.