U.S. Forest Service/ Alta photograph collection

U.S. Forest Service/ Alta photograph collection, 1930s-1960s

Overview of the Collection

Title: U.S. Forest Service/ Alta photograph collection
Dates: 1930s-1960s (inclusive)
19301969
Quantity: 247 photographs
Collection Number: P0394
Summary: The U.S. Forest Service/Alta photograph collection contains photographs documenting early skiing activities in and around Alta, Utah.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

A compilation of photographs from the National Forest Service, mostly concerning the Alta and the Avalanche collection.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of the National Forest Service and Joe Arave.

Processing Note

Processed by Drew Ross in 1993.

Related Materials

This collection forms part of the Utah Ski and Snowboard Archive, which is part of the S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archive

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	U.S. Forest Service/ Alta photographs Photograph number 1: Map of Alta, when many lifts were proposed Photograph number 2-3: Views near Alta; Superior, Grizzly Gulch, Rustler, etc. Photograph number 4: Skiers and racers Photograph number 5: Aerials of Little Cottonwood Photograph number 6-7: Skiers and racers Photograph number 8: Aerials of Little Cottonwood Photograph number 9: Barbar Kidder, Denver University ski star Photograph number 10: Crowd at ski event Photograph number 11: Ski slopes Photograph number 12-13: Ski racers Photograph number 14: Forest Service personnel Photograph number 15-16: Ski racers, Alta Photograph number 17: Ski area at base Photograph number 18-19: Ski racers Photograph number 20: Aerial of Alta in summer Photograph number 21-22: Ski racers Photograph number 23: Forest Service testing artillery (See also P0393, 1:13:13) Photograph number 24-25: Ski race winners Photograph number 26-28: Alf Engen portrait, racing, jumping Photograph number 29-32: Ski area Photograph number 33: Upper Little Cottonwood in summer Photograph number 34: Sverre Engen running a slalom Photograph number 35: Alf Engen and four skiers from team Photograph number 36-39: Ski school Photograph number 40: Field party in Germania Basin Photograph number 41: Skiers Photograph number 42: Avalanche education sign, with skiers (See also P0393, 1:18:13) Photograph number 43: Skiers on ridge at Alta Photograph number 44: Avalanche education sign, with skiers (See also P0393, 1:18:13) Photograph number 45: Skiers Photograph number 46: USFS, Avalanche school-Berthoud Pass, February, 1964 Photograph number 47-48: Skiers, group photographs Photograph number 49: Backcountry skiers Photograph number 50: Skiers, group photograph Photograph number 51: Skiers working on racing timer Photograph number 52: Mountineer on top of mountain Photograph number 53-54: Skiers Photograph number 55: Aerial of ski area base Photograph number 56-59: Skiers at Alta (color polaroid prints) Photograph number 60: Watson's Shelter with Superior in background Photograph number 61: Ski Run Control sign with skier Photograph number 62: Ski lift (Collin's or Wildcat) Photograph number 63-68: Skiers at Alta (color polaroid prints) Photograph number 69: Aerial of Watson's shelter Photograph number 70-75: Skiers at Alta (color polaroid prints) Photograph number 76: Top of Sugarloaf lift, Superior in background Photograph number 77: Skiers and roof of buried car Photograph number 78: Skiers Photograph number 79: Howitzer aimed towards Superior chutes Photograph number 80: Alf Engen and national forest staff in office Photograph number 81: Skier Photograph number 82: Rope tow at Alta Photograph number 83: Clouds in Little Cottonwood Photograph number 84: Lift lines Photograph number 85: Backcountry tourers Photograph number 86: Skier in corkscrew Photograph number 87: Alta slide (and search party)-Greely Photograph number 88: Lift lines at Alta Photograph number 89: Alta base and parking lot Photograph number 90-91: Rope tow at Alta Photograph number 92-93: Looking up the mountain from Watson's shelter Photograph number 94: Top of Germania from shoulder of Baldy Photograph number 95-96: Parking lot near Goldminer's daughter Photograph number 97: Base of Alta Photograph number 98: Skiers at base of Alta Photograph number 99: High alpine bowl Photograph number 100-104: High mountain snowy views Photograph number 105-106: Building/lodge under construction Photograph number 107: Finished lodge at Alta Photograph number 108: Audio speakers on display Photograph number 109: Skier overlooking Little Cottonwood Photograph number 110: Lodge construction Photograph number 111: Skiers at the base of Alta Photograph number 112-113: Watson's Shelter in summer Photograph number 114: Reclined skiers at Watson's Shelter Photograph number 115: View of Alta from Superior Photograph number 116: View of lower Rustler Photograph number 117: Field party inspecting tool Photograph number 118-119: Rustler's avalanche chute, one charges exploding Photograph number 120: Avalanche rescue team Photograph number 121: Goldminer's Daughter and parking lot Photograph number 122-123: Rustler Photograph number 124: Forest Service personnel at weather station Photograph number 125: View down face of Rustler, with small slide Photograph number 126: View of Rustler from base, moderate slide debris Photograph number 127: Forest Service personnel with ballistic devices Photograph number 128: Avalanche debris Photograph number 129: Rustler from the road Photograph number 130: Charge detonating. Superior in background Photograph number 131-132: Slide above Alta Lodge (Perhaps Corkscrew) Photograph number 133: Skiers viewing large fracture Photograph number 134-135: Fractures on slope below Mt. Baldy Photograph number 136: Forest Service and Army personnel on Little Cottonwood road with portable howitzer Photograph number 137: Superior from canyon road Photograph number 138: Avalanche in Superior, near miss of Peruvian lodge Photograph number 139: Avalanche in progress below Superior (See 142) Photograph number 140: View from Albion Basin into Little Cottonwood Photograph number 141: View of Superior from Albion Basin Photograph number 142: Avalanche in progress below Superior (See 139) Photograph number 143: Skier in meadow Photograph number 144: Backcountry skiers hiking along unidentified ridge Photograph number 145: View down canyon from Albion Basin, during summer Photograph number 146: Looking down Little Cottonwood Canyon from inside guard station Photograph number 147: Skier at Alta looking towards Superior Photograph number 148: Avalanche path at Grizzly Gulch Photograph number 149-150: Clearing road beneath Superior (See also 157-158) Photograph number 151: Avalanche paths from East Hellgate to Flagstaff Mountain Photograph number 152: Construction of rock wall Photograph number 153-155: Clearing avalanche debris on road Photograph number 156: Portable howitzer in action on road (See also 159, 162, 165) Photograph number 157-158: Clearing road beneath Superior (See also 149-150) Photograph number 159: National Forest Service portable howitzer (See also 156, 162, 165) Photograph number 160-161: Clearing roads of avalanche debris Photograph number 162: Portable howitzer in action on Little Cottonwood Canyon road (See also 156, 159, 165) Photograph number 163-164: Snowblowers clearing road Photograph number 165: Portable howitzer in action (See also, 156, 159, 16.) Photograph number 166: Snowblower clearing road Photograph number 167: Inspecting layers of snow on road beneath Superior Photograph number 168: Debris pattern of avalanche near Alta Lodge Photograph number 169: Comparative Avalanche Data-Alta, Utah, 1945-1948 Photograph number 170-172: Photographs with markings of Alta Lodge avalanche Photograph number 173-176: Avalanche debris Photograph number 177: East face of Rustler Photograph number 178: Emma Mine and Superior Photograph number 179-181: Head of Little Cottonwood Canyon (Alta), 1880s (C.R. Savage) Photograph number 182-184: Building in Little Cottonwood Photograph number 185: Guard Station garage in Little Cottonwood Photograph number 186-190: Slab avalanche on Baldy Photograph number 191: Approaching the unstable cornice Photograph number 192: Ridge with cornice Photograph number 193-194: Measuring devices Photograph number 195: National Forest Service staff with howitzer Photograph number 196: Albion Basin from Sugerloaf Photograph number 196a: Avalanche debris Photograph number 197: Aerial of Alta with Baldy Photograph number 198: Group of skiers in lodge, 1940s Photograph number 199: Avalanche path and debris Photograph number 200: Ski slope Photograph number 201-204: Skiers at base of Alta Photograph number 205: Baldy Cirque Photograph number 206-207: Alta Lodge Photograph number 208: Rustler Photograph number 209: Baldy cirque and shoulder Photograph number 210-211: Avalanche debris Photograph number 212: Devil's Castle Photograph number 213: Avalanche path and debris above Alta Lodge Photograph number 214: Clearing road of debris Photograph number 215: Aerial of Wasatch Photograph number 216-217: Skiers look at signs at Alta Photograph number 218: Stone Crusher, West Rustler, and Jitterbug avalanche paths Photograph number 219: Weekend patrolmen at Alta in late 1940s Photograph number 220: Lone Pine, Stonecrusher, and West Rustler Photograph number 221-223: Color postcards of the Wasatch Photograph number 224: Skier with dog Photograph number 225: Truck-mounted howitzer Photograph number 226: Skiers taking break at ridge Photograph number 227-229: Backcountry tourers Photograph number 230-236: Helicopter setting ski lift tower on mountain Photograph number 237-238: Backcountry scenes, summer Photograph number 239: Ski slope Photograph number 240: Mountain scene, summer Photograph number 241-243: Aerials of the Wasatch Photograph number 244-247: Old mine and scenes in Wasatch

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Skis and skiingUtahAlbertaPhotographs

Geographical Names

Alta (Utah)Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints

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