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1996 Jerry Solberg

1996 Jerry SolbergDiane Carter Collection

Jerry, Sandy and Geoff Solberg

The rental shop, twenty-three years

Legend of Showdown

Born
First skied at Showdown
First worked here: Jerry and Sandy Solberg ran the rental shop from 1984
Years at Showdown: 1984–2007
Positions: Jerry Solberg — rental shop and lift operations supervisor, 1984–2007
Sandy Solberg — the rental shop, and Showdown's secretary, 1990–92
Geoff Solberg — on the mountain, 1990, and on the Top Rock crew in 1993
Jerry Solberg — drove the employee shuttle van home to White Sulphur Springs, many years
Geoff Solberg — working for Showdown, 1995

What they did

6 entries

November 1990Jerry Solberg, as rental shop and lift operations manager, ran a five-day workshop for Showdown's lift operators and patrollers
May 1993Jerry Solberg, lift and rental shop supervisor, told the Associated Press that Showdown's school ski program, 4,500 to 5,000 students a season from kindergarten up, should be not just a day out of school
November 1995Geoff Solberg, working for Showdown, readied the old rental boots for sale at the Great Falls Ski Club's ski swap
September 1996Jerry Solberg, lift operations supervisor, swept the season's first snow off the lodge roof, as the Great Falls Tribune photographed
November 2001Jerry Solberg: Explained poma-lift procedure at a training session for patrollers and rental staff, as Showdown's lift and rentals supervisor
For many years Jerry drove the employee shuttle van home to White Sulphur Springs; each night in the Hole in the Wall you would hear his call, SADDLE UP! (Showdown's own words, 2015)

Photographs

23 in the archive

1993 Jerry Solberg, Geoff Solberg, Shelly Dempsey, Klaus Ahmels — The Lodge Deck — 1993 Jerry Solberg, Geoff Solberg, Shelly Dempsey, Klaus Ahmels — The Lodge DeckGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Top Rock Geoff Solberg — 1990s Top Rock Geoff SolbergGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Top Rock Jerry Solberg — 1990s Top Rock Jerry SolbergGeorge Willett Collection

1993 Klaus Ahmels, Shelly Dempsey, Jerry Solberg, Geoff Solberg — The Lodge Deck — 1993 Klaus Ahmels, Shelly Dempsey, Jerry Solberg, Geoff Solberg — The Lodge DeckGeorge Willett Collection

1993 Klaus Ahmels, Geoff Solberg — The Lodge Deck — 1993 Klaus Ahmels, Geoff Solberg — The Lodge DeckDiane Carter Collection

1995 Jerry Solberg between lodge and old patrol building — 1995 Jerry Solberg between lodge and old patrol buildingGeorge Willett Collection

1995 Jerry Solberg between lodge and old patrol building — 1995 Jerry Solberg between lodge and old patrol buildingGeorge Willett Collection

1996 Jerry Solberg in Hole in The Wall Saloon — 1996 Jerry Solberg in Hole in The Wall SaloonDiane Carter Collection

1996 Jerry Solberg — 1996 Jerry SolbergDiane Carter Collection

1996 Shelly Dempsey, Sandy Solberg in lodge — 1996 Shelly Dempsey, Sandy Solberg in lodgeDiane Carter Collection

1997 Summer Party Jerry Solberg, Bob Reynolds — 1997 Summer Party Jerry Solberg, Bob ReynoldsDiane Carter Collection

1997 Summer party Geoff Solberg, George Willett 2 — 1997 Summer party Geoff Solberg, George Willett 2Diane Carter Collection

1997 Summer party Geoff Solberg, George Willett — 1997 Summer party Geoff Solberg, George WillettDiane Carter Collection

1990s Avery Gold, Jerry Solberg, Charley Willett, Margie Willett on lodge deck — 1990s Avery Gold, Jerry Solberg, Charley Willett, Margie Willett on lodge deckGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Geoff Solberg — The lodge — 1990s Geoff Solberg — The lodgeGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Jerry Solberg on Rental Deck — 1990s Jerry Solberg on Rental DeckGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Jerry Solberg on deck with pipe — 1990s Jerry Solberg on deck with pipeGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Jerry Solberg on rental deck smiling — 1990s Jerry Solberg on rental deck smilingGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Jerry Solberg — 1990s Jerry SolbergGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Sandy Solberg and Margie Willett in bar — 1990s Sandy Solberg and Margie Willett in barGeorge Willett Collection

2000s Carl Hunt and Jerry Solberg in bar — 2000s Carl Hunt and Jerry Solberg in barGeorge Willett Collection

2000s Johnny Kowalski and Sandy Solberg Tacky Attire in kitchen — 2000s Johnny Kowalski and Sandy Solberg Tacky Attire in kitchenGeorge Willett Collection

1990s Jerry Solberg — 1990s Jerry SolbergGeorge Willett Collection

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In the papers

1 document

The Showdowner Winter of 90 IssueWinter 1990 · page 1

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Also

Built framed the Top Rock Cafe, summer 1993

Added by the people who were there