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Deaths On Lone Peak

  • December 15, 1936 - Seven died when a Western Air Express Boeing 247 crashed just below Hardy Ridge on Lone Peak. The major parts of the aircraft were hurled over the ridge and fell over a thousand feet into a basin below.
  • July 25, 2002 - Two hikers were struck by lightning near the summit of Lone Peak while they were trying to seek shelter.

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    “I sang of death but had I known
    The many deaths one must have died
    Before he came to meet his own!”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

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