The June 9th Pack Creek Fire was deeply upsetting for those of us who know and love the La Sals. I discuss the fire, and its effects, in two stories this issue:
Take it or Leave it: FUTURE “FIRES”… A LONG HELD PERSONAL VIEW …by Jim Stiles
THE PACK CREEK FIRE: THE UGLY, THE BAD & THE GOOD …by Jim Stiles
While we waited nervously to hear that the fire was finally contained, I began flipping through my own photographs of the La Sal Mountains and Pack Creek Ranch, going back almost 50 years. And I had a chance to peruse the collection of Bill Benge’s Kodak transparencies, from the early 70s. Here is a sampling of those images…
Photos of mine…
![The La Sal Loop Road. August 1973. Photo by Jim Stiles](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/lasal-looprd1.jpg)
![Headed up the Loop Road, above Pack Creek. August 1973. Photo by Jim Stiles](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/lasals-73.jpg)
![In La Sals. June 1978. Photo by Jim Stiles](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/LaSalMTNS-jun78.jpg)
![The Loop Road. 1978. Photo by Jim Stiles](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/lasalroad-78.jpg)
![Ken Sleight at Pack Creek Ranch. Circa 1992. Photo by Jim Stiles](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sleight90s-e1627054470354.jpg)
![The La Sal Mtns from Arches National Park. November 1976. Photo by Jim Stiles](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/lasals-78.jpg)
And some photos from my dear friend, Bill Benge…
![Mt Tuk in the distance. 1973. Photo by Bill Benge](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/tuk-jul70.jpg)
![Alpenglow on Tukuhnikivatz, from Pack Creek Ranch. January 1973. Photo by Bill Benge](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/tuk-nov73.jpg)
![August 1972. Photo by Bill Benge](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/tuk4-au72.jpg)
![We need help on the location of this old cabin..we think it's at Pack Creek. Photo by Bill Benge. Summer 1972](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PCRanch-se72.jpg)
![Mount Tukuhnikivatz from Pack Creek Ranch. January 1973. by Bill Benge](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/tuk1.jpg)
![Bill Benge near Pack Creek. Summer 1973](https://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/benge-summer73.jpg)
Jim Stiles is Founding Publisher and Senior Editor of the Canyon Country Zephyr.
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Thanks for the lovely photos!!!