Provo Peak slide areas [03]

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Title Provo Peak slide areas [03]
Photo Number P0422n01_04_003
Description Black and white photograph from Edward La Chapelle's 1959 study of avalanche hazards in a proposed (but never-built) ski area around Provo Peak in Utah County, Utah. This photo show sthe basin at the head of Bartholomew Canyon. Provo Peak is just out of picture to the left. This is an area of large and frequent avalanches.
Subject Avalanches--Utah--Utah County--Photographs; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--Photographs
Additional Information Probably from a 1959 report by Edward La Chapelle, "Inspection of avalanche hazards in the proposed Provo Peak Ski Development," available in the John Hoagland avalanche publications collection, ACCN 1571, Box 11, folder 8.
Spatial Coverage Provo Peak (Utah); Utah County (Utah); Uinta National Forest (Utah); Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)
Collection Number and Name P0422 John Hoagland photograph collection
Collection Name John Hoagland
Relation is Part of Ski and Snow Sports Archives
Date 1959
Textual Date 1959
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6t33rsp
Setname uum_map_usa
ID 2116422
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t33rsp