Copyright: Zander Higbie-Interactive Outdoors, Inc. Camp Hale Overlook and Interpretive Area

The Camp was constructed in 1942. At the peak of activity, there were 1022 buildings, plus other features such as parade grounds, a hospital, recreation areas, stables, and gunnery ranges to support the troops stationed here.

The camp was established here because of the natural setting of a large, flat valley bottom, surrounded by steep hillsides suitable for training in skiing, rock climbing, and cold weather survival.

Camp Hale was dismantled in the 1960's. Today, little remains of Camp Hale other than a few foundations, the rifle range and ski slopes. Camp Hale was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in April 1992. An interpretive site exists along Hwy. 24, near the south end of the valley.

INTERESTING INFORMATION
Many of today's ski areas were founded by veterans of the 10th Mountain Division who first learned to ski at Camp Hale.

Local guide services are available to learn more about this area.

Directions from Vail: Take I-70 west to the Minturn exit (#171). Follow Highway 24 south, through the town of Minturn, and continue a total distance of 14 miles from the interstate until you reach a valley opening. Look for the first major turnoff on the left (east) side onto a dirt road entering Camp Hale.

Directions from Beaver Creek: Take I-70 east to the Minturn exit (#171). Follow Highway 24 south, through the town of Minturn, and continue a total distance of 14 miles from the interstate until you reach a valley opening. Look for the first major turnoff on the left (east) side onto a dirt road entering Camp Hale.

Seasonal Information:
Normally Accessible: Year-round (NOTE: Hwy 24, which runs past Camp Hale and provides an overview of the area, is open year round. Roads and facilities within Camp Hale are open for vehicle travel Summer and Fall) .

Camp Hale Picnic Ground - The Camp Hale Picnic Ground is located at the Camp Hale Memorial Campground south of Minturn.

McAllister Gulch/Hornsilver Mountain Four-Wheel Dr - This steep and difficult jeep road begins south of Minturn at Camp Hale. It eventually links into the Wearyman, then the Shrine Pass roads, ending in the town of Redcliff.

No Name/Wurtz Ditch Four-Wheel Drive Road - The No Name Jeep Road is located south of Minturn. The road can link to Wurtz Ditch creating a loop back along Hwy. 24, however, snow fields remain late into the summer and the link is often not possible.

Upper Eagle River General Forest Area - The Upper Eagle River General Forest Area includes most of the area from Minturn, south to Tennessee Pass.

Wearyman/Resolution Four-Wheel Drive Road - The Wearyman Jeep Road begins east of Redcliff and eventually links to the Resolution Road, which leads to Hwy. 24 at Camp Hale.