Reider Byfuglin

A ski jumper from Norway, and the first ski instructor of the Great Falls area, 1938

Legend of Showdown

Born: 8 January 1908, Oslo, Norway
First skied at Showdown: January 1938, the day of Great Falls' first ski train to Neihart
First worked here: winter 1937-38, ski instructor for the Great Falls Recreation Association
Years at Showdown
Positions: Ski instructor, Great Falls Recreation Association, winter 1937-38
Laid out the ski runs at the CCC camp on Belt Creek, February 1938
Instructor for the White Sulphur Springs ski club, February 1940
Adviser to new ski clubs in central Montana, to 1941

What they did

11 entries

1930Came to central Montana from Norway
February 1936A member, with his brother Alf, of the Minot, North Dakota, Ski Club
February 1936Billed to run Glasgow's first ski exhibition, on a hill north of town, with a jump built in sections in a Glasgow lumber yard
Winter 1937-38Ski instructor for the Great Falls Recreation Association
Winter 1937-38Taught the first public ski classes in Great Falls, free, sponsored by the ski club, the Recreation Association and the WPA, on a hill southwest of the city
23 January 1938Jumped off a makeshift slide at Neihart on the day of Great Falls' first ski train, and praised the Neihart area as a skier's paradise
24 February 1938Went up to the CCC camp on Belt Creek, between Monarch and Neihart, to lay out ski runs; the CCC put up a temporary jump for him
27 February 1938Jumped before about 350 people at the CCC camp; the Tribune printed his first jump at 123 feet
28 February 1938Inspected a possible permanent ski-jump site with CCC and Forest Service officials, a site the CCC might clear that summer
February 1940Engaged by the White Sulphur Springs ski club to give lessons every afternoon on a run at the east end of town
January 1941Judged the new Gibson Peak Ski Club's site near Stanford ideal for skiing

1 document

Jim Hasterlik’s scrapbook Cover, 8 intro leaves, 43 pagesc.1937–1942 · pages 16, 18, 25, 41