camp hale

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  Juneever

  This is a great site if you are interested in history. It is self guided with not much information. All that's really left are the foundations of the old camp. The location is beautiful. If you have time and are into history it would be worth it to stop by.

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  MountainMan-Kim

  Camp Hale is a great historical park for a hike into pristine forest areas. Across from Camp Hale, hike into the Holy Cross Wilderness Area.http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Cross-Wilderness-Area-ebook/dp/B004AYD70M/ref=pd_sim_sbs_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2

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  Karenjetski

  My Great Uncle trained here im the 40's with the American/Norwegian 99th Battalion. Aka the Vikings. See their web page. Little is know about this group. Goggle them. Its really interesting!

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  DennisG480

  Primitive camping only but the views and hiking available are the best. Watch out for grazing sheep.

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  venusfairies

  I come up to Camp Hale quite often and rent either ATVs or Snowmobiles from Nova Guides! It's always a blast!! Oh and don't forget rafting trips with them also.

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  rameyfamily

  There are plenty of signs to tell you what things are and the site is very informative. You can just drive or walk around and there are plenty of signs directing you to stay on the path/road due to hazardous materials. This was the training site for special skiing soldiers in WWII who were trained to fight the Germans in the Alps.

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  MirandaJ_13

  We went in mid April and there was still a lot of snow on the ground, around 3 feet. The site is not well marked at all. It only says "Point of Interest" and nothing specific to Camp Hale. We were able to read the plaques despite the large amount of snow but any other remains must have been covered by the snow. If you are interested in Camp Hale it is worth the short drive to Vail which has a whole room in their museum dedicated to Camp Hale and the 10th Mountain Soldiers.

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  Hancho

  The display contiguous to the highway gives a good history of Camp Hale and its role in training ski troops in WWII. There's not much left to see; only a few foundations remain but the area around the former Camp and the drive are worth the trip if you like beautiful mountain scenery.

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  courtney106

  We saw the signs and stopped to see what it was. Then stopped in several different areas of the camp. I never knew it existed. The history of the afea was very interesting. But not much to see.

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  jocran

  Don't get me wrong, I enjoying visiting past military sites and paying respects to those who served before me but visiting Camp Hale that is what you need: Imagination. When Camp Hale was given back to the park services, they destroyed all the buildings. Also asbestos was found in the past year or so in the grounds where some of the buildings were. There are signs for people to stay on the roads. Besides the foundations of the buildings and signs, there is not much to show what Camp Hale looked like. Its a great drive into nature and to see where buildings once stood, just do so at your own risk with the asbestos that has been found.