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A day of skiing Keystone with living legend Trygve Berge – Summit Daily News

A day of skiing Keystone with living legend Trygve Berge – Summit Daily News

January 23, 2017 By Shaun Leave a Comment

Trygve Berge first interest was ski jumping, but he quickly adopted ski racing when he won a junior slalom race in his first attempt at age 14. When PSIA was formed in 1961, Trygve was among the first 15 instructors certified to teach skiing in the United States, using what was called the American Skiing Technique. His greatest concept was a monorail connecting Breckenridge to Frisco, with ski lifts accessing all the peaks of the Tenmile Range an idea reminiscent of the interconnected ski areas in the Alps.

Key Takeaways:

  • In 1960, Trygve moved to Breckenridge and co-founded the Breckenridge Ski Area with Sigurd Rockne. When PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America) was formed in 1961, Trygve was among the first 15 instructors certified to teach skiing in the United States
  • His greatest concept was a monorail connecting Breckenridge to Frisco, with ski lifts accessing all the peaks of the Tenmile Range — an idea reminiscent of the interconnected ski areas in the Alps.
  • I asked Trygve who he admired as skiers. He said Ingemar Stenmark, Aksel Lund Svindal and Pirmin Zurbriggen (also my wife’s favorite mental image).

“My day with him in late January of last year was very different. We met at my house and drove to the gondola at Keystone Resort. I taught at Keystone for many years and gave him a quick intro.”

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