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2015-09-29 12 50 27 Mountain slopes near the Alta Ski Area in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
Mountain slopes near the Alta Ski Area in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Mountain slopes near the Alta Ski Area in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Alta
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Alta.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Alta is a town in eastern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.
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1865
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
Alta was founded about 1865 to house miners from the Emma mine, the Flagstaff mine, and other silver mines in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
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1935
A route reaches Alta
In 1935, Norwegian skiing legend Alf Engen was hired to help develop the area, and Alta opened its first ski lift in 1938.
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Alta Baldy Chutes
Baldy Chutes, Mount Baldy, at Alta ski resort, Utah. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Baldy Chutes, Mount Baldy, at Alta ski resort, Utah
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
1939
Winter becomes organised
One of the oldest ski resorts in the country, it opened its first lift in early 1939.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Alta is recorded at 40.589° N, 111.638° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,216 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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2015-09-29 12 50 27 Mountain slopes near the Alta Ski Area in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
Mountain slopes near the Alta Ski Area in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Mountain slopes near the Alta Ski Area in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Alta now
Today, Alta is a small town centred around the Alta Ski Area.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
2015-09-29 12 50 27 Mountain slopes near the Alta Ski Area in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
AOD.US.ALTA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Alta Baldy Chutes
AOD.US.ALTA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Alta, Utah overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.