NW of Longs Peak along E. Longs Peak Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park (ROMO), Estes Park, Colorado. County/parish: Larimer.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 24, 1992. NRIS 92001669.
Part of Rocky Mountain National Park MRA (NRIS 64000077).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Agnes Vaille Shelter is a beehive-shaped stone shelter along E. Longs Peak Trail near the summit of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. The first shelter was built in 1927 by the National Park Service after a number of climbers died ascending Longs Peak. The shelter was named for Agnes Vaille, who died while descending from the first winter ascent of the east face of Longs Peak on January 12, 1925. Herbert Sortland also died of exposure during an attempt to rescue Vaille. Vaille's family rebuilt the shelter in 1935.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/84126776