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1929: Instructor for Hannes Schneider ski school at St Anton, Austria: lang-1994-p49.
1936: Author, Downhill Skiing: lang-1936, lang-1994-p101, lang-1994-p124.
1936: Filmed Snow Flight at Mt Rainier and Mt Baker: jh-1937-flight, lang-1994-p105, lang-1994-p143.
1936-37: Opened ski school at Mt Rainier: tsl-1936-dec-20, rnpc-1937-brochure, lang-1994-p127.
1937-38: Opened ski schools at Mt Baker and Mt Hood: lang-1994-p145.
1938-39: Operated ski schools in Pacific Northwest for third and final season: lang-1994-p178, lang-1994-p192, lang-1994-p206.
1941: Filmed The Basic Principles of Skiing for U.S. mountain troops: asc-1941-principles, jay-1944-p140, jay-1966-p115, lang-1994-p226, isha-1995-aut-p4, leich-2003-p21.
Personal communication: lang-otto.
Other references: st-2005-dec-18-mag36.

Erick Larson's name has been frequently misspelled. His daughter Anita told me the correct spelling.

1941: Organized last Mountaineers Patrol Race: subject index.
1941: Architect of Mountaineers ski mountaineering course: subject index.
1940s: Pioneering trips: North Cascades, Alpine Lakes
1953-58: Crystal Mountain feasibility studies: subject index.
1960s: Other ski area studies: bs-1960-sep-1-p16, ww-1966-Dec-8.
Personal communication: little-walt, snider-roy.
Other references: mtneer-a-1941-p5, mtneer-a-1943-p18, mtneer-a-1947-p12a, ancient-skiers-1984, mtneer-b-2002-may.

1939-40: Skiing at L.A. Gourlie Cabin, Windy Pass, Pasayten: ww-1940-Dec-4-p11, dka-papers, long-1985.
1945: 10th Mountain Division veteran, Italy: brower-1948.
1960s: Cascade glacier studies: summit-1963-jan-p16.
Other references: brooks-1998-p147, long-kathleen, Mel Gourlie.