| 1956 NCAA Skiing Championships | |
| Sport: | College skiing |
| Location: | Winter Park, Colorado |
| Start Date: | March 23 |
| End Date: | 25, 1956 |
| Administrator: | NCAA |
| Host: | Colorado, Denver |
| Venues: | Winter Park Ski Area |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Events: | 4 (7 titles) |
| Champions: | Denver (3rd title) |
| Runners-Up1: | Dartmouth |
| Runners-Up2: | Middlebury |
| Previous: | 1955 |
| Next: | 1957 |
The 1956 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested in Winter Park, Colorado at the third annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Led by coach Willy Schaeffler, co-host Denver claimed their third national championship in as many years, with Dartmouth repeating as the runner-up in the team standings.[5]
Repeat individual champions were Dartmouth's Chiharu Igaya (Alpine, Slalom), Denver's Willis Olson (Jumping, third consecutive), and Idaho's Eirik Berggren (Nordic). Less than two months earlier, Igaya was the silver medalist in slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
See main article: Winter Park Resort. This year's championships were held March 23–25 in Colorado at Winter Park, west of Denver.[6]
The third edition, these were the first NCAA championships in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains.
| Rank | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 582.01 | ||
| 541.77 | |||
| 541.28 | |||
| 531.58 | |||
| 528.63 | |||
| 520.62 | |||
| 504.61 | |||
| 502.25 | |||
| 473.51 | |||
| 472.67 | |||
| 470.15 | |||
| 446.99 | |||
| 389.63 |
Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.
| Event | Champion | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skier | Team | Time/Score | ||
| 3:02.0 | ||||
 Eirik Berggren | 58:27.8< | -- https://govandals.com/honors/hall-of-fame/eirik-berggren/4 --> | ||
| Walt Taulbee | 1:30.6 | |||
| 220.8 | ||||
| Eirik Berggren | 7:21.2 | |||
| Skimeister | John Cress | 369.23 | ||
| 2:07.8 | ||||