General photographs

File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

1. Alvin on the dozer clearing runs on Hidden Lake Lift, Summer 1975
2. Alvin checking terrain on snowmobile, January 1972
3. Splicing the cable on Sundown Lift, 1972
4. Alvin (in a red sweater with white shoulder stripe) is watching on while skiers are being loaded on the Sundown Lift. First day of operations. Februart 19, 1972
5. Looking down lift line of Timberline Lift, Spring 1974. This was the first season of operation on the Timberline Lift
6. Looking up Wolf Creek Canyon, the road has been graveled but not paved. Fall of 1971. Sheep camp can be seen in the trees. THis is the site of the camp in photo no. 23 of folder 2. That first year of operations at Powder Mountain the road was only gravel. Alvin said he could always tell a Powder Mountain skiier because thier cars were all covered in mud from driving the road.
7. Looking up road to Powder Mountain, Spring 1971. THe resort didn't open for another year, the road was only ruffed in. Access was by snowcat, snowmobile, or on foot.
8. Plowing the Timberline Parking lot with a 1942 Mormon Harrington snow blower. THese plows were made for the military with this one originally being used at the Tooele Army Depot, and then used at the Salt Lake Municipal Airport.
9. Construction of the first condo at Powder Mountain. Summer of 1973. These burnt to the ground in a fire in the late 1970s.

Dates

1962-1999

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