UNKNOWN TALES OF THE 10TH W/ Aspen Historical Society
Schedule
Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
400 Robinson St., Basalt, CO, United States, Colorado 81621 | Basalt, CO
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DISCUSSIONLance R Blyth will tell some “Unkown Tales of the Tenth,” unexpected stories he learned while researching and writing Ski, Climb, Fight: The 10th Mountain Division and the Rise of Mountain Warfare (Oklahoma, 2024). These include that a unit called 10th Mountain was never at Camp Hale, that the Roaring Fork Valley almost became the site of the Army’s mountain training camp, and that mountain training continued in Colorado after WW II well into the 1950s.
Lance R Blyth
Lance R Blyth is command historian, North American Aerospace Defense Command and US Northern Command and an adjunct professor of history at the US Air Force Academy. A backcountry skier with a history problem his personal research and writing focuses on the history of mountain warfare, recently publishing Ski, Climb, Fight: The 10th Mountain Division and the Rise of Mountain Warfare (Oklahoma, 2024).
About Aspen Historical Society
Aspen Historical Society actively preserves and passionately presents our local history in an inspired and provocative manner that will continue to anchor our community and its evolving character. We enhance the lives of those with whom we work and live. We offer a compelling reason to live in and to visit Aspen/Snowmass.
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