Karl "Jake" Jacobson grew up skiing, ski racing, and gelande jumping at Solitude Ski Area from 1965-1974. In 1969, Solitude held their first Gelande competition, which Jacobson, his mother and stepfather, and siblings and stepsiblings all participated in, either by organizing or competing. Jacobson attended the University of Utah where he was a member of the Ski Team. Jacobson raced professionally, and was a professional Gelande jumper. In 1989, Jacobson won the National Gelande Championships held at Alta. In 1980, Jacobson began working as a member of the Jans Alpine Ski Testing Team for Jans Mountain Outfitters.
The Karl and Vicki Beck Jacobson photograph collection consists of 2 boxes containing 9 color photographs dating from approximately the 1970s through the 1980s. Box 1 contains 7 color photographs of Jacobson and a group of young ski competitors at Alta, Utah. Box 2 contains oversized color photographs of Jacobson competing in the Grand Targhee Gelande in 1980.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Donated by Karl and Vicki Jacobson in 2011.
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See also the Karl and Vicki Jacobson audiovisual collection (A0092) in the Audiovisual Division and Karl and Vicki Beck Jacobson papers (ACCN 2762) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
This collection forms part of the Utah Ski Archive, which is part of the S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archive.