In late March 1949, Monty Atwater finally gained permission to conduct a groundbreaking experiment at Alta. The Forest Service supervisor, Felix C. Koziol, and the Utah National Guard approved Atwater s outlandish proposition to perform a test fire to shoot avalanches at Alta with a French 75-mm howitzer.
James "Jim" Lee Christensen May 10, 1933 - February 12, 2023 James Lee Christensen passed away happily shoveling snow on the roof of his Alta Wyoming home at the age