That is where Stingl and his compatriots gathered. Stingl never met Jones but had another friend in the unit from Salt Lake City who was killed in the war. Stingl's history as a skier at Snowbasin began 54 years ago at the National Downhill, skiing a course nearly 2 miles long near to where the Olympic Downhill is today. Stingl, who lives near Seattle, remembers the race, because the starter was an Ogden man he had encountered at another race in Jackson, Wyo. At that race, the starter had held another skier back at the start of the race by holding him by the belt, so Stingl made sure he was far away from the starter.
Centennial run to the finish.
He didn't win but had a respectable time for his first major competition. We started at the very top of the mountain and schussed that first big face, just like a big jumping hill, and then we ran down through the trees. In subsequent years, he tried to make a living skiing, working as an instructor and ski patrolman at both Sun Valley and Aspen. He coached the National Collegiate Athletic Association team at Snowbasin in 1954 and the University of Washington ski team from 1951 to 1968. He has also been inducted into the Northwest Ski Hall of Fame.