A late Utah skier and instructor is headed for the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame.
SALT LAKE CITY — Back in the day, when Ski Utah sponsored an annual media day ski race, the Deseret News would always try to cobble together a team. We had a few skiers who could negotiate a mogul field without dying. Ray Grass, the outdoor editor, was a good skier; if they didn't have to carry 30 pounds of photo gear, photographers Tom Smart and Ravell Call could hurtle down mountains like they'd been liberated from a prisoner of war camp.
Now, with the announcement this month from the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame of its 2023 inductees, we know who to really thank.He will take his place in the winter sports pantheon alongside Sun Valley ski competitor and coach Ruff Patterson and the pride of Park City, Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety. The ceremonies will take place Thursday at Deer Valley.
His own children were hardly exceptions. When the Hoffman kids were born, little did they realize they'd all won full ride scholarships to Butch's Ski Academy. Two-a-day workouts were not unusual growing up, especially after Nordic Valley erected lights for night skiing. The word "soft" was not in the Hoffman vocabulary. Dryland training in the summer was sufficient to make one look forward to the winter.
"I remember he said, 'Are you sure?'" she says, still smiling about it. "That is my favorite, favorite memory, just on the phone, sharing that with my dad. All I ever wanted to do was please him."
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