The Roth Family: Rooted in Sugarbush

Virginia and John Roth found their way to Warren in a circuitous manner. “Ginny” was a Boston native with a passion for skiing who took annual trips to Mad River Glen with her ski club, and yearned for the Utah powder shown in ski movies starring Norwegian ski jumpers Sverre and Alf Engen. Alf Engen had founded the ski school in Alta, Utah, which he now ran, and in the late fall of 1958, Ginny packed her bags and …