Silverton and Red Mountain Pass slides [02]

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Title Silverton and Red Mountain Pass slides [02]
Photo Number P0422n01_03_012
Description Black and white photograph from Edward La Chapelle's tour of Colorado avalanche area in March of 1955. This photo shows the Champion slide path, scene of the bus accident near Silverton. "Arrow points to hole in snow where bus came to rest on top of mine dump, and narrowly escaped a 1000 feet plunge to the valley floor."
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/s6nctpmy
Setname uum_map_usa
ID 2116413
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nctpmy
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