Colorado Avalanche Disasters
John Jenkins graduated from Western State College with a degree in history. He is descended from a pioneering Colorado family - his being the fourth generation. He has written articles on Colorado history for the Colorado Mountain Club, worked seasonally as a park ranger in Alaska and placed the American Mountaineering Center in Golden on the National Register of Historic Places. For recreation he enjoys telemark skiing and climbing Colorado's high peaks. This is his first book.
- Published
- 2001
- ISBN
- 1-890437-44-1
- Pages
- 200
- Category
- History
- Place
- Colorado
- Publisher
- Western Reflections Pub. Co.
- Listed at
- $13.97
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About this book
Colorado Avalanche Disasters is a history of deadly snow slides in Colorado, written by John W. Jenkins. Our catalogue lists it as a 2001 book from Western Reflections Publishing, and Open Library gives its subjects as avalanches and history. According to the description we hold, it is Jenkins's first book.
We have no chapter list and found no outside source that describes this book's contents, so we won't name particular slides or years. What the record supports is the subject, Colorado avalanche history, and the author's background, which is given below.
Who it is for
The subjects on record are avalanches and history, so the book belongs with Colorado history and with the story of life in snow country. It is likely to interest readers who ski or climb in the state's high mountains, which is also how Jenkins spends his own free time according to the description. Libraries building a Colorado shelf can place it with local history. Beyond that, we would rather not guess at what the chapters contain.
About the author
John W. Jenkins graduated from Western State College with a degree in history and is the fourth generation of a pioneering Colorado family, according to the description in our catalogue. His articles on Colorado history were written for the Colorado Mountain Club, and he has worked seasonally as a park ranger in Alaska. The description credits him with placing the American Mountaineering Center in Golden on the National Register of Historic Places. This is his first book, and his author page lists it.
Ways to use this book
Checking a name or date against the archive
When you read about a slide in any book, look for its date in the CAIC accident archive. Records before 1950 are sparse, according to the CAIC, so a missing entry may only mean the paperwork is thin.
Planning a winter drive in the mountains
Anyone crossing a high pass in snow season can look at the CAIC home page for the danger map before leaving. It is a quick habit that connects the history you read to the road in front of you.
Searching for old photographs
For a historic mining town you care about, search the Denver Public Library collection by place name. Period photographs of towns and mines show the setting in which the events you read about took place.
Go deeper
Avalanche history in Colorado is documented by state agencies and archives, and their records stay current. These pages are a good next stop for a reader who wants dates, numbers and the mountain science behind the history.
CAIC accident statistics and reporting
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says it investigates fatal avalanches in Colorado and keeps the central U.S. archive, with Colorado records back to 1950 and sparse ones to the 1860s.
Avalanche, Colorado Encyclopedia
A reference article on how avalanches form, where they happen in the High Country, and how forecasting grew alongside the ski industry.
Denver Public Library photographs
The library's digitized photograph collection lists mining and Colorado towns among its subjects, which suits a reader wanting period images of the places where slides struck.
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