39 Storm King Mountain Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images

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Last updated 18 maio 2024

39 Storm King Mountain Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images

From left, Marilyn Fagerstrom, with the Lefthand Volunteer Fire Department in Boulder County; Michael Brantner, with the Forest Service in Woodland Park; and Boyd Lebeda, with the Colorado State Forest Service in Alamosa, stop at one of the 14 memorial crosses on Storm King Mountain last month. 06_09_04_ GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO-The tenth anniversary of the Storm King Mountain Fire will be July 6th <cq>. Since the annual Colorado Wildfire Academy is taking place in Carbondale <cq>, academy participants took a special trip to tour the trail that leads along the path of where the fire occured about 10 miles west of Glenwood Springs and north above the Colorado River <cq>. The group was accompanied by Eric Hipke <cq> one of the survivors of the blaze that took the life of 14 firefighters <cq>. ABOVE: On top of the mountain are 14 crosses left in the exact spot where each firefighter perished. This is the cross of Scott Blecha <cq> 1967 - 1994 <cq>, who was a Prineville Hotshot and made it to the top of the mountain but was overcome by the fire <cq>. Hipke was only feet in front of him and survived the fire <cq>. Firefighters from left Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty