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Bookmark or Share- Camp Hale - WikipediaCamp Hale was a U.S. Army training facility in the western United States, constructed in 1942 for what became the 10th 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 .
- White River National Forest - Special Places - US Forest ServiceThe Camp Hale and Tenmile Range area remains culturally important to the Ute people, who return to their homelands to pray, hold ceremonies, honor their ancestors, and hunt, fish, and harvest plants for medicinal purposes, ceremonial use and basketry.
- Camp Hale - Colorado EncyclopediaCamp Hale served as the training grounds for the US Army’s Tenth Mountain Division during World War II. It was built in the Pando Valley north of Leadville in 1942. Troops learned to ski, snowshoe, and climb at the camp. The division applied its training in combat in northern Italy in 1945.
- Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument - US Forest ServiceCamp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument is the 13th Forest Service national monument. The 53,804-acre monument is located on the White River National Forest in Eagle and Summit Counties, Colorado.
- Spy Sites: Skis, Spies, and America’s Newest National Monument Camp HaleCamp Hale was the only U.S. Army camp dedicated solely to training soldiers for winter mountain warfare. The main basecamp in the valley was 9,200 feet above sea level, with the surrounding mountains that makeup the Camp Hale region climbing to over 14,000 feet.
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