Another catastrophic event I witnessed was the 1967 fire on Mount Sentinel.
It started behind Brilliant School around noon on a hot July day and raced up the face of Sentinel Mountain.
This is the view from Highway 3 at dusk on the same day.
Groves of aspens have repopulated the burnt-over areas in the intervening 50 years.
Walter Volovsek photo.
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