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- Adventures in the San Juan mountains
- Men load boxes on pack mules. A man skies down a slope, and men stake a claim on a snow covered hillside. Men with pack animals wade through deep snow. A pack train of burros haul timber and men celebrate around a hoist at a mine shaft.
- Miners--1880-1890.; Mining--1880-1890.; Packtrains--1880-1890.; Skiing--1880-1890.; Snow--1880-1890.
- 1883 June 9
- First Winter Sports Carnival held west of Mississippi River, at Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.
- Large group poses in front of the grocery store during the First Winter Sports Carnival, Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado. Some hold skis upright, others sit on toboggans or sleds. Carl Howelson holds a large shiny trophy cup. Other...
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1910-1920.; Skiing--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Denver, snowstorm
- A man skis in a downtown Denver street in the snowstorm of 1913 in Colorado. Shows pedestrians in the snow packed street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Skiing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Scenic Hot Springs
- A man poses on cross-country skis in front of the Scenic Hot Springs Hotel, built by the Great Northern Railway Company as a destination resort, in Scenic (King County), Washington. The log and frame three-story hotel has a gambrel roof with dormer...
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; Scenic Hot Springs Hotel (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Scenic (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Washington (State)--Scenic--1910-1920.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Scenic--1910-1920.
- 1917 April 29
- Aspen, Colo WPA ski course
- View of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado, during a Works Progress Administration educational course in skiing; shows snow, a skier, crowds, and town buildings.
- Snow--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.; Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ski resorts--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.
- 1939, March 5
- 5th Inf. Ski Patrol in Sun Valley, during training film
- A member of the Mountain Division, 15th Infantry Ski Patrol (later the 10th Mountain Division) adjusts his rifle during filming for an Otto Lang training film at Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. He stands on skis and wears a winter jacket and...
- Sawtooth Mountains (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski...
- 1941
- Sigi Engel, Sun Valley, Otto Lang training film
- Sigi (Sigmund?) Engel poses on skis while he is filmed for a training film in the mountains near Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. He wears a winter parka and cap.
- Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.;...
- 1941
- Don Goodman and Charlie McLane leading a ski-mountaineer class near Paradise, Washington
- Don Goodman from Idaho, second from the left, and Charlie McLane on the right lead one of the first ski-mountaineer classes in the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) near Paradise Lodge, Washington. Behind them approximately fifteen...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- 1941 or 1942
- Camp Hale headquarters
- View of the main entrance of the white painted Headquarters building at Camp Hale, Colorado, where the Tenth Mountain Division trained from 1943-1944. A sign with an seven-pointed star on one side and a skiing Panda on the other flank the words:...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military headquarters--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1943
- Prager skiing in Grossglockner slalom
- 1st Sergeant Walter Prager of the Tenth Mountain Division wearing the number eight cuts a gate during the Grossglockner, Austria, slalom held June 24, 1945. In the the background, five men watch the race standing on the glacier, and two men repair...
- Skiing--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Austria--1940-1950.; Prager, Walter.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1945 June 24
- Aspen, Colorado
- View of Aspen Mountain looming over the town of Aspen, Colorado; shows ski runs and chairlift paths through the trees, snow covered landscape, and snow capped peaks.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Aspen, Colo - first trip up on tenth hill [?] fall of '47
- View of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado; shows a man and woman on a t-bar ski lift, town buildings, and snow.
- Ski lifts--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.; Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ski resorts--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.
- 1947, Fall
- Aspen Mountain
- A winter view of the town of Aspen, Colorado. The tops of mullein can be seen in the foreground sticking out of the snow. In the middle distance are snow covered rooftops of early homes and buildings in the town of Aspen. In the background is Aspen...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Wolf Creek Pass Ski Area
- Automobiles are parked along a narrow plowed road at Wolf Creek Pass in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows deep snow, the ski area beside highway US 160, skiers and a rope tow.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Wolf Creek Pass (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ski resorts--Colorado--Wolf Creek Pass--1950-1960.; Skiing--Colorado--Wolf Creek Pass--1950-1960.
- 1950 February 17
- Lake Loveland
- View of two boats pulling water skiers across Lake Loveland, Colorado. Foothills show in background and a man in another boat watches from just off shoreline. Reservoir built in late 1890s by the English company which then controlled the Greeley -...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Loveland--1950-1960.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Loveland--1950-1960.; Water skiing--Colorado--Loveland--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Vail Mountain
- Duke family members pose on Vail Mountain, in Eagle County, Colorado, wearing down-filled ski clothes with poles, goggles, and knit hats. They are identified as (l to r): Peter, Benjy, Lester, HBD (H. Benjamin Duke), Maud, Jamie, and Charles. Ben...
- Vail (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Skiing--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Duke, H. Benjamin.
- 1974
- Denver, snowstorm
- Two people ski down a Denver, Colorado street in the snowstorm of 1982. Shows cross country skis and poles.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Disasters--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Skiing--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982
- Ben Duke skiing
- Ben Duke skis in red boots and a shirt reading: "Moosehead Beer 90 '85 Masters Nat'l Alpine Champion," goggles, and a knit hat. Duke was a businessman (President of Gates Corporation), outdoorsman, 10th Mountain Division veteran, and community...
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Skiing--1980-1990.; Duke, H. Benjamin.
- 1985
- James Louis Noel
- Portrait of James Louis Noel at Jim Creek, south of Winter Park, located in Grand County, Colorado.
- Noel, James Louis--1980-1990.; Cross-country skiing--Colorado--Grand County--1980-1990.; Grand County (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Noel, James Louis--Pictorial works.; Cross-country skiing--Colorado--Grand County--Pictorial works.; Grand County...
- 1989
- Snow shoe brigade
- Men hold poles and pose on skis in a snow field in Irwin (Gunnison County) Colorado.
- Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Skiing--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.
- [1883]
- Snow shoe brigade
- Men hold poles and pose on skis in a snow field in Irwin (Gunnison County) Colorado.
- Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Skiing--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.
- [1883]
- Instructors, Paradise, Washington
- Nineteen instructors from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) stand at ease on their skis, or sit in a snow covered valley. One man practices a snow-plough stop. All are wearing caps, dark wool uniforms and shoe-packs. Snow covered...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Lieutenant Paul Townsend skiing, Paradise, Washington
- Lieutenant Paul Townsend of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), skis barechested near Paradise, Washington.
- Paradise (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Townsend, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division,...
- [1942]
- Captain Paul Lafferty and ski instructors, Paradise, Washington
- Captain Paul Lafferty and five ski instructors, all from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), stand on skis at the top of a slope in the mountains near Paradise, Washington. All are wearing caps, anoraks, wool pants and shoe-packs.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Lafferty, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States....
- [1942]
- Captain Paul Lafferty, Paradise, Washington
- Portrait of Paul Lafferty, Captain in the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced). He is wearing a white anorak, sun glasses, goggles, a knapsack and has a rifle over his shoulder. In the background other skitroops dressed in the same...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Lafferty, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States....
- [1942]
- Evacuation of injured student near Paradise, Washington
- Seven men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) wearing skis pull an injured student strapped to a sled across the snow, near Paradise, Washington.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Evacuation of student to medic van near Paradise, Washington
- An injured student lashed to a stretcher is lowered off a snowbank approximately six feet deep by a team of ten 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) soldiers into an ambulance. At the top of the image one soldier on skis stands in a deep...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Front of Tatoosh Lodge, Paradise, Washington
- A partial view of Tatoosh Lodge on Mount Rainier. The roof is covered with snow. One group of four 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) skitroops stand near the door of the lodge holding skis. Another group of four men carry their skis....
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- My class, Paradise, Washington
- Five men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) ski through deep snow on a slight slope near Paradise, Washington. All are wearing caps, anoraks, wool pants, and shoe-packs. All were in the photographer's skiing class.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- My class, Paradise, Washington
- Seven men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) stand in a row on skis in the middle of an open snow field. The men were in a class taught by the photographer. Other skitroops are visible behind.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Skitroops in whites with rifles, Ft. Lewis, Washington
- A group of soldiers from the 87th Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) wearing "whites" or snow camouflage uniforms, carrying knapsacks and rifles, face away from the camera at the top of a snow covered hill. The men in front of the group are beginning...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- Zoberski & Faucus MGM training film
- Ray Zoberski and Arnold Faucus, members of the 10th Mountain Division, 15th Infantry Ski Patrol, an early group for what would become the 10th Mountain Division, demonstrate cross-country skiing techniques during the filming of a training film in...
- Cross-country skiing--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.;...
- [1942]
- Ski training: forming a column of twos coming down from Eagle Ridge, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifty Tenth Mountain Division ski troopers during training practice forming a column of twos. One line of men occupies a hill in the foreground; another group occupies a hill in the...
- Eagle Ridge (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943 or 1944]
- Toboggan
- A boat tow is used at Aspen, Colorado, to transport skiers to the top of the slope. The photographer, William A. "Bill" Southworth, turns his head toward the camera. He is wearing his Tenth Mountain Division skiing uniform and sunglasses. A group...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military uniforms--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski lifts--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943, 1944]
- Ski training: about face on skis executed by all of L-87th with Lieutenant William J. Bourke in Command, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Approximately one-hundred soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company L, execute an about face on skis under the command of Lieutenant William...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Bourke, William J.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- Ski training: lesson in ski techniques at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifteen Tenth Mountain Division skitroopers stand at the bottom of a small hill watching as a skier practices what appears to be the side step. According to the caption this is a...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- Ski training: standing at attention, a platoon of "G" Company, 87th Regiment.
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." A Platoon of approximately fifty soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company G stand at attention with their skis balanced on their ski poles. All the men are...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- On the way
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier practices ski jumping, which was officially forbidden, on a ski slope near Camp Hale.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Skitrooper in woods, Colorado
- Tenth Mountain Division skitrooper cross-country skiing through pines trees, Colorado.
- Cross-country skiing--Training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Skitrooper skiing
- Tenth Mountain Division skitrooper skiing, with snowy mountains in the distance. He is wearing the woollen ski uniform and sunglasses.
- Military uniforms--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Margaret Bourke-White photographing ski troops
- Margaret Bourk-White, photographer for Life magazine, faces away from the camera in this image of her photographing four Tenth Mountain Division soldiers skiing in Italy. All the skiers wear white camouflage coats, three carry rifles and one wears...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Ski troops--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- F.I.S. National Ski Tournament, Aspen, Colorado
- People, with skis and poles, crowd the bottom of the ski slopes at the Federation Internationale de Ski (International Ski Federation) competition in Aspen (Eagle County), Colorado. Woody station wagons and cars are parked by wood and log lodges.
- International Ski Federation--Sports.; Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Skiing--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.; Sports--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.
- [1950?]
- Snow slide victims
- Men pose above a sled that holds probably a dead miner killed in an avalanche near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Skis are vertically planted in the snow. Shows the snow covered San Juan Mountain Range.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dead persons--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Sneffels
- Men pose near a wood frame building, skis and debris caused by an avalanche in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Skis are planted in the snow vertically and lean against the roof of the building. A man sits on a crate near an overturned chair and...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Avalanches--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Cabins--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Winter--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Crossing Alpine Pass
- A man poses on skis at Alpine (Altman) Pass in Chaffee or Gunnison County, Colorado. Snow covers the mountains.
- Altman Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1880-1900.; Skiing--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Crossing Alpine Pass
- A man with one ski pole poses on skis on snow covered Alpine (Altman) Pass, Chaffee County or Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Altman Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--1880-1900.; Skiing--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Snowshoeing (i.e. skiing) in the Rockies, Colo.
- Two girls ski down a snow covered slope in Colorado. Both girls hold a wooden ski pole for balance.
- Girls--Colorado--1880-1900.; Skiing--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Welch [i.e. Welsh] on skis
- Ike Welsh, a newspaper reporter, poses on skis near the mining town of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; Reporters--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; Skiing--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; Welsh, Ike.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- American Mining Company office
- Myrtle Stedman skis down a hill near the American Mining Company office near American City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- American Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; Skiing--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Woman on skis
- Myrtle Stedman poses outdoors on skis near American City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; Skiing--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; Stedman, Myrtle, Miner's wife.
- [between 1895 and 1905]