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.

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.

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.

This year's championships were held March 23–25 in Colorado at Winter Park, west of Denver.

The third edition, these were the first NCAA championships in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains.

Rank	Team	Points
	Denver	582.01
	Dartmouth	541.77
	Middlebury	541.28
4	Western State (CO)	531.58
5	Idaho	528.63
6	Colorado	520.62
7	Utah	504.61
8	Washington	502.25
9	Vermont	473.51
10	Washington State	472.67
11	Wyoming	470.15
12	Michigan Tech	446.99
13	California	389.63

Source:

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

• Friday: Slalom
• Saturday: Downhill, Cross Country
• Sunday: Jumping

Event	Champion
	Skier	Team	Time/Score
Alpine	Chiharu Igaya (2)	Dartmouth	3:02.0
Cross Country	Eirik Berggren	Idaho	58:27.8
Downhill	Walt Taulbee	Washington	1:30.6
Jumping	Willis Olson (3)	Denver	220.8
Nordic	Eirik Berggren (2)	Idaho	7:21.2
Skimeister	John Cress	Denver	369.23
Slalom	Chiharu Igaya (2)	Dartmouth	2:07.8

Source:

• List of NCAA skiing programs

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