A seven-time Paralympic medalist, a coach who has shaped cross-country skiers for nearly four decades, and a rules pioneer who helped invent the super-G will join the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame next month at a community dinner in Park City.

The Alf Engen Ski Museum announced the 2026 class for the Will and Jean Pickett Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame: Muffy Davis, Rick Kapala, and the late Graham Anderson. All three have roots in Sun Valley, Idaho, and were chosen from a pool of 39 nominees by a panel that weighs competitive records and contributions to skiing communities.

The induction dinner is Thursday, August 20, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Chateaux Deer Valley. Tickets are $165 and available at engenmuseum.org.

"She's just the epitome of the story of resilience," museum Executive Director Annie Bommer told KPCW on July 29, describing Davis. "Her pivot from regular ski racing to Paralympic racing, and then her work later on. She even went into hand cycling."

Davis: from junior racer to seven Paralympic medals

Davis was among the top-ranked U.S. junior ski racers in the late 1980s when a training crash on her home mountain in Sun Valley sent her through a safety fence and into a tree at more than 45 mph. She was paralyzed from the chest down.

She made her Paralympic debut at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games, winning bronze in slalom, then captured three silver medals at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. According to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, Davis won seven World Cup titles in Paralympic alpine skiing, including back-to-back overall titles in 2001 and 2002. After transitioning to para cycling, she won three gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics. She was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2010 and has served as a Blaine County Commissioner and Idaho State Representative.

Kapala: nearly 40 years building Nordic skiers

Rick Kapala joined the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation in 1987 and still serves as its Director of Sport Development. He is a three-time USSA Cross Country Coach of the Year and has received both the USSA Al Merrill Award and the Russel Wilder Award. Bommer described him as being heralded as one of the best cross-country coaches of his time.

Anderson: a posthumous honor

Graham Anderson served as a U.S. delegate to the International Ski Federation for nearly 40 years, helping codify the super-G as a discipline and leading the movement to adopt breakaway race gates. According to U.S. Ski & Snowboard, Anderson died June 2, 2025, in Sun Valley at age 91. His induction is posthumous.

The Hall of Fame recognizes ski pioneers, innovators, and competitors from Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. The Alf Engen Ski Museum, housed at Utah Olympic Park, is free and open daily.