Camp Hale was a U.S. Army training facility in the western United States, constructed in 1942 for what became the Tenth Mountain Division. Located in central Colorado between Red Cliff and Leadville in the Eagle River Valley at an elevation of 9,238 feet (2,815 m), it was named for General Irving Hale. Onslow S. Rolfe, who had developed mountain warfare techniques as commander of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, was selected to command Camp Hale.[2]
Soldiers were trained in mountain climbing, Alpine and Nordic skiing, cold-weather survival, and various weapons and ordnance. When it was in full operation, approximately 15,000 soldiers were housed there.
The creation of an elite ski corps was a national effort, with assistance from the National Association of Ski Patrol, local ski clubs, and Hollywood. Enough men were recruited to create three army regiments, which were deployed after training. Camp Hale was decommissioned in November 1945.
On October 12, 2022, President Joe Biden designated Camp Hale and a noncontiguous nearby part of the Tenmile Range as Camp Hale—Continental Divide National Monument.[3][4][5] It comprises 53,804 acres (84 sq mi; 218 km2), which will be managed by the White River National Forest unit of the U.S. Forest Service. Conversion of the site to a monument will not affect any permits held by the neighboring ski resorts and the monument will continue to support a wide range of motorized and non-motorized recreation opportunities.[6][7]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 15 March 2006.
^Symroski, Charles A. "Obituary, Onslow S. Rolfe, 1917". westpointaog.org/. West Point, NY: West Point Association of Graduates. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
^"Biden designates Camp Hale a national monument, moves to block drilling and mining on Thompson Divide". Denver 7 Colorado News (KMGH). 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^"Biden designates Colorado's Camp Hale as his first national monument". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^Coffield, Dana (12 October 2022). "Joe Biden has made Colorado's Camp Hale a national monument. Could a future president unravel it?". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^"President Biden Designates Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument". usda.gov. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
^"FACT SHEET: President Biden Designates Camp Hale – Continental Divide National Monument". whitehouse.gov. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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