1971 NCAA Skiing Championships

1971 NCAA Skiing Championships

Tournament information
Sport	College skiing
Location	Lead, South Dakota
Administrator	NCAA
Venue(s)	Terry Peak
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Denver (14th title)
1st runners-up	Colorado
2nd runners-up	Middlebury

The 1971 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Terry Peak ski area in Lead, South Dakota, at the 18th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.

Denver, coached by Peder Pytte, captured their fourteenth national championship and tenth in eleven years. Denver finished 21.6 points ahead of rivals Colorado in the team standings.

Despite Denver's impressive streak of success, the Pioneers would not win their next NCAA skiing national championship until 2000.

Venue

Main article: Terry Peak

Terry Peak

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1971 NCAA Skiing Championships site

This year's NCAA skiing championships were contested at the Terry Peak ski area in Lead, South Dakota.

These were the first, and only, championships held in the state of South Dakota and at Terry Peak.

Team scoring

Rank	Team	Points
	Denver	394.7
	Colorado	373.1
	Middlebury	368.8
4	Dartmouth	368.3
5	New Hampshire	367.0
6	Wyoming	360.8
7	Fort Lewis	358.5
8	Utah	328.8
9	Montana	326.3
10	Northern Michigan	317.7
11	Nevada–Reno	308.2
12	Michigan Tech	249.0

See also

• List of NCAA skiing programs