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Box 1

 Container

Contains 20 Results:

Avalanches in action

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
  1. P0393n01_01_001-002: Wasatch Mountains avalanche, picture taken by G.F. Horton, February, 1966
  2. P0393n01_01_003: Avalanches sequence on Mount Superior, picture taken by G.F. Horton. February, 1966
Dates: 1930-1974

Avalanches debris

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents P0393n01_02_001: Small surface sluff of slab-type slide set off by hand charge, picture taken by Monty Atwater, 1948 P0393n01_02_002: Fracture line of major slab type in Peruvian Gulch, Little Cottonwood Canyon, picture taken by Monty Atwater, 1948 P0393n01_02_003-006: Avalanche that hit Alta Lodge, picture taken by Cliff Blake, December 1973-January 1974 ...
Dates: 1930-1974

Avalanches debris

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents P0393n01_03_001: Keith Langson of National Ski Patrol and deposit area in canyon below, picture taken by Anes Harrison, 1968 P0393n01_03_002: [Graupel] type snow which provided the sliding base, picture taken by Anes Harrison, 1968 P0393n01_03_003: Fracture line (approximately 1 foot in depth), picture taken by Anes Harrison, 1968 P0393n01_03_004: Storm Mountain Avalanche, picture taken by R. Henthorne, February...
Dates: 1930-1974

Avalanches, Baldy Shoulder

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
  1. P0393n01_04_001-003. Fracture line on Baldy Shoulder, circa 1955.
  2. P0393n01_04_004: Fracture line on Baldy Shoulder from large avalanche, picture taken by Monty Atwater, 1948.
  3. P0393n01_04_005. Ski pole next to a fracture line.
  4. P0393n01_04_006: Avalanche debris from Baldy Shoulder Main Street, picture taken by Monty Atwater, 1948.
Dates: 1930-1974

White Pine Avalanche, 1969

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
  1. P0393n01_05_001-008: Large-scale avalanche destruction found on White Pine, picture taken by Horton, May or June 1969.
  2. P0393n01_05_009-023. Large-scale destruction found in spring after the snowmelt
Dates: 1930-1974

Stonecrusher Slide Path

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents P0393n01_06_001: Debris area as it builds up in the deep gully below the Cat Walk, picture taken by Monty Atwater, 1948 P0393n01_06_002: "Stonecrusher Slide", picture taken by Robert Satron, January 21, 1951 P0393n01_06_003-004: Avalanche debris from Stonecrusher in Corkscrew with Alta Lodge in background, picture taken by Monty Atwater, 1948 P0393n01_06_005: Lower Stonecrusher with small slide,...
Dates: 1930-1974

Rustler: Slide Paths

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents P0393n01_07_001: Looking south from Cardiff area towards Alta. Collins Gulch area and adjacent peaks, 1941 P0393n01_07_002: Collins Gulch area and adjacent avalanche peaks, 1941 P0393n01_07_003: View of the High Rustler slide path in the Alta Ski Area, photo by Ed LaChapelle, 1961 P0393n01_07_004: North Rustler/Eagles Nest with Rustler Chairlift and avalanche debris at top of terminal, picture taken by Monty...
Dates: 1930-1974

Avalanche: clearing roads

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents P0393n01_08_001: Hellgate slide which buried cars, picture taken by Monty Atwater, 1948 P0393n01_08_002: Avalanche debris being plowed from highway in Big Cottonwood Canyon 1950s P0393n01_08_003-005: Plowing avalanche from road, picture taken by Monty Atwater, 1948 P0393n01_08_006: Same photo as P0393n01_08_001. Digging out avalanche debris at Hellgate, picture taken by Monty Atwater,...
Dates: 1930-1974

Avalanche: victims and training

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents P0393n01_09_001: Body of Alice James, Western Washington college student, killed in Mt. Baker avalanches, picture taken by W.M.P, July 22, 1939--GRAPHIC P0393n01_09_002.Recovery of a "body" from avalanche debris, probably training. P0393n01_09_003.Sketch showing rescue in snowslide. P0393n01_09_004--005.Avalanche and rescue in Greenly Snake pit, 1941 ...
Dates: 1930-1974

Avalanche: digging out cars

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents P0393n01_10_001: Cars buried or damaged by avalanches in ski area parking lots, picture taken by Dick Anderson, 1948 P0393n01_10_002-003: Digging car out of avalanche debris, picture taken by Monty Atwater, 1948 P0393n01_10_004: Digging car out of avalanche debris, picture taken by Cliff Blake, December 1973-January 1974 P0393n01_10_005-012: Cars in avalanche debris in Little Cottonwood Canyon, pictures taken by Cliff...
Dates: 1930-1974

Avalanche: Mount Millicent

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

  • P0393n01_11_001-006: Slides on Millicent and views through scope, picture taken by Horton, February 1966
  • Dates: 1930-1974

    Avalanche Control-Cornice Control

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
    Scope and Contents P0393n01_12_001-003: Explosive detonating on Bald Mountain Cornice P0393n01_12_004: Cornice control P0393n01_12_005: Avalanche fence P0393n01_12_006-008: Close-up view of Baldy Ridge, picture taken by Anes Harrison, March 1970 P0393n01_12_009: Close-up view of Baldy Ridge, where cornice did not develop. Notice Scouring effect on lee side...
    Dates: 1930-1974

    Avalanche Control-Artillery

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
    Scope and Contents P0393n01_13_001: Avalanche control on Mount Superior, picture taken by Horton, February 1966 P0393n01_13_002-003: Brighton Ski Patrol using avalanche guns, picture taken by Horton, February 1966 P0393n01_13_004-005: 75 Recoilless used in avalanche controls, picture taken by Horton 1963 P0393n01_13_006-010: United States Army - Dugway Proving Grounds Cooperate with Wasatch National Forest in testing 4 - 2 mortar, March...
    Dates: 1930-1974

    Avalanche Control-General

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
    Scope and Contents P0393n01_14_001: View from top terminal site of Sunnyside Lift looking down to lower terminal site. Gun tower is under construction in middle of picture below white vehicle, picture taken by Anes Harrison, 1970 P0393n01_14_002: General view from Tower #1 near top of new Sunnyside Lift looking down toward base of Sunnyside Lift. Disturbed area in foreground is access road from Tower #2, picture taken by Anes Harrison,...
    Dates: 1930-1974

    Avalanche Control-Projectile test and comparison

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
    Scope and Contents
    1. P0393n01_15_001-005: Projectile ramp test, Big Cottonwood Canyon, picture by Cliff Blake April 11, 1974
    2. P0393n01_15_006-025: Comparison of avalancher and 75 mm round.
    Dates: 1930-1974

    Avalanche Control-Gun Towers

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
    Scope and Contents P0393n01_16_001: Forest Service rope top and gun tower looking northwest from parking area. Spring time late June 1964, picture taken by Julian Thomas P0393n01_16_002: Forest Service and military personnel studying 75mm sites, picture taken by G.F. Horton, February 1966 P0393n01_16_003: Firing 75mm recoilless rifle, picture taken by G.F. Horton, February 1966 P0393n01_16_004-005: Military and Forest Service personal at...
    Dates: 1930-1974

    Avalanche Monitoring Equipment

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
    Scope and Contents P0393n01_17_001: Avalanche Monitoring Equipment P0393n01_17_002: Original Weather Recording Station, permanent tower 1052. Stevens Pass, Washington. Photograph taken by Ward C. Williams, 1952 P0393n01_17_003-029: Avalanche Monitoring Equipment P0393n01_17_030: Snow settlement gauge, circa 1957 P0393n01_17_031: Precipitation intensity test at Alta, Utah January 1955, Sgt F.B....
    Dates: 1930-1974

    Avalanche Education

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
    Scope and Contents P0393n01_18_001-003: Avalanche School, picture taken by G.F. Horton, 1969 P0393n01_18_004-005: [missing] P0393n01_18_006: Ski area usually classified into zones as follows: 1. always safe 2. low environmental hazard 3. high intermittent 4. cautious high leap closed P0393n01_18_007-011: Avalanche school, 1959. Picture taken by Safron P0393n01_18_012: Photograph of one of the early classes in the Avalanche...
    Dates: 1930-1974

    Ski Patrol

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
    Scope and Contents P0393n01_19_001-002: Ski Patrol, avalanche training P0393n01_19_003: Ski Patrol, avalanche training, July 1939 P0393n01_19_004-006: Ski Patrol, photos by F.C. Koziol P0393n01_19_007: Checking explosives cache, Alta, picture taken by G.F. Horton, January 1965 P0393n01_19_008-011: Avalanche rescue problem February 13 through June 16, 1976, picture taken by G.F. Horton P0393n01_19_012-016: Avalanche...
    Dates: 1930-1974

    Ski Patrol

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
    Scope and Contents P0393n01_20_001-002: Ski Patrol P0393n01_20_003: Ski Patrol, duplicate of P0393n01_20_003. P0393n01_20_004: Ski Patrol P0393n01_20_005-006: Demonstration of Varion magnetometer for locating avalanche victims, February, 1976, picture taken by G.F. Horton P0393n01_20_007-008: Ski Patrol P0393n01_20_009-012: Snow Ranger Neil Hyatt Alta Wasatch Mountains March 1964, picture taken by Ed...
    Dates: 1930-1974