Path Into the Slide
by Royce Howland
Title
Path Into the Slide
Artist
Royce Howland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Early one morning in 1903, some 80+ million tonnes of rock came down from the face of Turtle Mountain. The massive slide buried part of the mining town of Frank, and killed dozens of people. Today, an interpretive center marks the location. A walking path traces down through the boulders and rubble. The scar on the face of the mountain still stands as a landmark of the impact of nature on a small town at the turn of the previous century.
Copyright © Royce Howland. All rights reserved.
Uploaded
February 6th, 2010
Statistics
Viewed 645 Times - Last Visitor from Beverly Hills, CA on 03/28/2024 at 5:45 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Comments (2)
Royce Howland
The grade isn't bad at all for a slow amble with frequent stops to check a composition. :) But from what I've read, even the fittest person would not have been able to outrun the rock fall when the mountain came down. You can't see it, but there's valley between the mountain slope and the end of the path visible here... the rocks covered several square kilometers and flowed a long ways back up the slope on the side of the valley on which I'm standing. Looking out across the boulder field makes an impression...