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Snow bank in the cirque at the head of Fall River near the point where the proposed road to Grand Lake crosses the Continental Divide. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. 1916.

U.S. Geological Survey · 1916-07-04 · Lee, W.T.

A saddled horse standing alone on a snowbank in a high cirque, a long staff propped in the snow beside it, and the corniced rim of the basin behind.
From the archive · U.S. Geological Survey · 1916-07-04 Snow bank in the cirque at the head of Fall River near the point where the proposed road to Grand Lake crosses the Continental Divide. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. 1916. Lee, W.T.

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A snowbank in the cirque at the head of Fall River on the Fourth of July 1916, where the proposed road to Grand Lake would cross the Continental Divide. W.T. Lee left the horse in the frame for scale.

Shows: Snow lying deep on the Divide in July, and how the wind loads it into the lee of a ridge.

What this does not let you conclude: This year's snow, or any year's total. It is one bank on one day, and the record carries no depth for it.

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