Mission Mt. Mangart: film screening and discussion with filmmaker Chris Anthony

Aspen Historical Society is honored to present the award-winning documentary film Mission Mt. Mangart to the Wheeler Opera House for a screening and discussion with filmmaker and lifelong Colorado-based skier, Chris Anthony. The film shares the story of the 10th Mt. Division, America’s first and only ski troop that was based out of Camp Hale near Leadville, CO-just over Independence Pass from Aspen. The experimental light infantry unit trained in the valleys around Aspen-then a quiet former mining town. Following the war, veterans from the 10th returned to the American West, including the Roaring Fork Valley, where they were involved in the creation of the area’s ski resorts.