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Subject: Avalanches, 1940s-1960s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 16

Scope and Contents

  1. Photograph number 1: Snow slide that carried a skier down snake-pit and burried him under 50 feet of snow, circa early 1940s
  2. Photograph number 2: Avalanche that ran off Mount Baldy clear to the top of the old Collins Lift, burying some of the chairs, circa 1950
  3. Photograph number 3: Volunteers and members of the Big Cottonwood CCC camp dig furiously on the east slope of Rustler Mountain in a vain search for the bodies of the skiers
  4. Photograph number 4: Avalanche off High Rustler, circa 1950
  5. Photograph number 5: Ed LaChappelle caught in an Alta avalanche off Peruvian Ridge, circa 1959
  6. Photograph number 6: Avalanche above the Alta Ranger cabin, 1961
  7. Photograph number 7: Monty Atwater standing next to an avalanche warning sign
  8. Photograph number 8: Monty Atwater (right) with gunner using avalauncher (howitzer) developed by Atwater, circa 1958
  9. Photograph number 9: John M. Herbert and Monty Atwater use slides in classwork at Alta to get theory of avalanches

Dates

  • 1940s-1960s

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Extent

From the Collection: 25 Boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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