Alf Engen Ski Museum.
Alf Engen Ski Museum.

The Alf Engen Ski Museum in Park City, Utah, is inviting the public to participate in a spooky, avalanche-themed escape room on Thursday, October 23rd, to help get people into the Halloween spirit.

Alf Entrance Final

Join us on October 23rd as we put on the first ever Alf Engen Ski Museum Escape Room! Bring some friends along with you, groups of 4-8 people will make their way through our museum to solve the mystery of an avalanche.” – Alf Engen Ski Museum

The event is free and will run between 4pm and 8pm on Thursday. You are requireed sign up to participate, which you can do here. At this point nearly every time slot is full.

Even if you can’t participate in the escape room, visiting the Alf Engen Ski Museum offers plenty of fascinating exhibits and experiences surrounding the story of Alf Engen and the other pioneers who helped shape skiing in the Intermountain West. There are plenty of interactive exhibits as well, including an avalanche maker game, ski jump simulator, and a mountain sport simulator.

Alf Engen served as the Ski School Director at Alta Ski Area for 40 years, helping to shape powder skiing as we know it thanks to Alta’s bountiful snowfall. He’s frequently nicknamed “The Father of the Powder Skiing Technique.” He was also the U.S. National Ski Jumping Champion 16 times, U.S. Open Slalom and Downhill champion in 1942, and much more.

Nolan Deck is a writer for Unofficial Networks, covering skiing and outdoor adventure. After growing up and skiing in Maine, he moved to the Denver area for college where he continues to live and work...