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WolfCreekSkiArea, aerialview
Wolf Creek Ski area in southern Colorado, east of Durango. Alberta Peak is on the right, and Wolf Creek Pass is at the bottom. Looking south here. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Wolf Creek Ski area in southern Colorado, east of Durango. Alberta Peak is on the right, and Wolf Creek Pass is at the bottom. Looking south here
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Wolf Creek
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Wolf Creek.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Wolf Creek Pass is a high mountain pass on the Continental Divide, in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
Sources for this chapter
BEFORE TOURISM
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
The pass was named for Wolf Creek, which starts near the top of the pass and flows down its western side to a confluence with the West Fork San Juan River in Mineral County.
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2005
A route reaches Wolf Creek
A 900-foot (270 m) tunnel on the eastern portion was opened November 5, 2005.
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Cold...and Then Some
From the top of Wolf Creek ski area, here are some more of the crazy frozen trees I uploaded a while ago. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- From the top of Wolf Creek ski area, here are some more of the crazy frozen trees I uploaded a while ago
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
1936
Winter becomes organised
With the help of four separate ski clubs on both sides of the pass;in the San Luis Valley to the east and Pagosa Springs to the west;Kelley and Elliott built the first rope tow and organised a ski patrol in 1936.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Wolf Creek is recorded at 37.470° N, 106.793° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 3,486 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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WolfCreekSkiArea, aerialview
Wolf Creek Ski area in southern Colorado, east of Durango. Alberta Peak is on the right, and Wolf Creek Pass is at the bottom. Looking south here. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Wolf Creek Ski area in southern Colorado, east of Durango. Alberta Peak is on the right, and Wolf Creek Pass is at the bottom. Looking south here
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
TODAY
Wolf Creek now
Wolf Creek remains a comparatively isolated ski area on the Continental Divide, with its identity shaped by a high pass, heavy snowfall and road access from two valleys.
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.
Sources for this chapter
Artefacts in order of appearance
WolfCreekSkiArea, aerialview
AOD.US.WOLF-CREEK.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Cold...and Then Some
AOD.US.WOLF-CREEK.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Wolf Creek Pass overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.