Alta, Scenery and early days

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

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Scope and Contents

1-3. Skiers on bunny slope on the Greely Bowl, Upper Alta Basin, Wasatch National Forest.
4-5. Wasatch winter scene at Alta
6. Compilation of Alta runs.
7. Avalanche debris.
8. Skiers on deck of lodge, circa 1950.
9. Skiers at base, Mt. Superior in background.
10. Snow, Alta, Utah. Bureau of Reclamation photo by Mel Davis.
11. Watson's shelter in spring.
12. From base to Mt. Baldy.
13. Rustler with slide.
14. Digital only item, scanned photo of a Alta ski scene with pen lines.
15. The field party in Germania Basin, 1933. Left to Right: Marlan Nelson, Andy Hank, Lawrence Waggener, Roscoe Files, Mike Wright, Bill Rozynik, Gay Weidenhoft, E.L. Bandtrief, Paul Hank, Slim Davies, Monty Atwater, Nelson Stone, Ed LaChapelle, Bob Haag, Wendell Frisby, Lloyd Johnson, John Clement.
16. Alf Engen selecting a potential ski area, Snow Basin, circa 1938
17. Skier Checking "Ski Run Control" sign at top of Germania, January 1965. Photo by G.F. Horton.
18. Beginners on Alta Lodge rope tow, January, 1965. Photo by G.F. Horton (USFS).
19. Skiers in line at Wildcat, January, 1965. Photo by G.F. Horton.
20. Skiers on Alta Lodge rope tow, February, 1966. Photo by G.F. Horton.
21. Lift lines at Collins and Wildcat; in front of Goldminer's. February, 1966. Photo by G.F. Horton.
22. Goldminer's Daughter with Superior in background. February, 1966. Photo by G.F. Horton.
23-24. In front of Watson's shelter, February. 1966. Photo by G.F. Horton.
25. Upper Albion Basin (Sugerloaf thru East Greely). Photo by F.C. Kaziol.
26. Base area and lower Rustler, 1962, spring. Photo by Lee Kay.
27. Base area of Wildcat and Collins, 1962, spring. Photo by Lee Kay.
28. Four skiers sitting on porch, c. 1955.
29: View of Glory Hole from the east.
30: View looking west at "Yellow Trail" on the Germania Ridge from the ridge above Glory Hole (cirque north of Sugarloaf Mountain).
31: View of Glory Hole from the northeast
32: View of Yellow Trail from the east.
33: View of Germania Pass from the east.
34: View of Mt. Baldy from the east.
35: View of Sugarloaf Pass and Mt. Baldy from the northeast.
36: View of Sugarloaf Pass from the north.
37. Roto Waxer used by Alta Lift Co. June, 1974, photo by Levitt.
38. Skiers viewing landscape.

Dates

Creation: 1930-1993

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