Loading map...

1960 Map of Mount Champion

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Mount Champion
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Continental Divide serves as the high-altitude spine of this 1960 survey, separating the headwaters of the Roaring Fork River from the Fryingpan River drainage. High in the mountains, industrial artifacts of the mining era persist, notably the Champion Mine and its accompanying Aerial Tramway near the peak of Mt Champion. This landscape is defined by its glaciated basins, containing numerous high-altitude water bodies such as Lost Man Lake, Independence Lake, and Linkins Lake.

Resource management and accessibility are evidenced by the Lost Man Reservoir and a Gaging Station on the upper Fryingpan River. The map meticulously tracks a network of a Trail and a Jeep Trail that cross the difficult terrain of the Williams Mountains, connecting remote points like South Fork Pass. These routes reflect the transition of the high country from a site of active extraction to a managed wilderness within the White River National Forest and San Isabel National Forest.