Silverton and Red Mountain Pass slides [08]

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Title Silverton and Red Mountain Pass slides [08]
Photo Number P0422n01_03_018
Description Black and white photograph from Edward La Chapelle's tour of Colorado avalanche area in March of 1955. This photo shows the Sultan Mountain slides above Silverton-Durango Highway. Town of Silverton is seen in middle distance. Arrow points to Champion slide, site of a bus accident.
Subject Avalanches--Colorado--Photographs
Additional Information Photos accompanied an April 1955 U.S. Forest Service report by Edward La Chapelle, "Report on tour of inspection, Colorado avalanche areas," available in the John Hoagland avalanche publications collection, ACCN 1571, box 11, folder 5.
Spatial Coverage San Juan Mountains (Colo.)
Collection Number and Name P0422 John Hoagland photograph collection
Collection Name John Hoagland
Relation is Part of Ski and Snow Sports Archives
Date 1955-03-17
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6bfa35g
Setname uum_map_usa
ID 2116419
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bfa35g