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Photograph of Ski Lift No. 1
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Boat Tow

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“The former Ski Lift No. 1 begins on Aspen Street in Aspen, Colorado, United States, and climbs up the slopes of Aspen Mountain. It was built in the late 1940s on the site of Aspen's first ski lift, known as the Boat Tow.”

Wikipedia article Ski Lift No. 1, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 38 National Register listings published here for Pitkin County · listed in 1990 · category: Object.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 700 S. Aspen St., Aspen, 81611
  • When was it listed? June 1990
  • Category. object
  • Also known as. Aspen MRA
  • Census division. Aspen
  • National Register reference number. 90000866 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Boat Tow between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 11 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestSTEEP BEAVER
26 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWhite River National ForestCONGO
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersASPEN
15 September 2004Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestSMUGGLER MOUNTAIN
3 August 2009Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestDIFFICULT
11 August 2016Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestHUNTER CREEK VALLEY
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersASPEN
22 July 2005Naturalunder an acreWhite River National ForestDIFFICULT

Every fire recorded in Pitkin County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 162 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 162 workings within 5 miles of Boat Tow: 152 past producers, 6 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A M T & D Co TunnelSilver, Lead, CalciumPast Producer
A-J TunnelLead, Calcium, Silver, StonePast Producer
Argentum-Juanita InclineSilver, Clay, CalciumPast Producer
AspenSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, PlatinumPast ProducerGalena
AspenSilver, Calcium, Lead, StonePast Producer
Aspen Contact MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer1892
Aspen DistrictSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Manganese, Cadmium, Uranium, Arsenic, Antimony, PlatinumPast Producer1879, 1882, 1968
Bushwacker ShaftSilver, Lead, Clay, CalciumPast Producer
Compromise Mg CoSilver, Calcium, ClayPast Producer
Della'sSilver, Calcium, Clay, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pitkin County

Storms near this property

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aspen, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 lightning, 4 flash flood, 2 debris flow, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997LightningAspen1 killedno account filed
July 2008LightningAspen2 hurtA family of five from Idaho were all struck by lightning while hiking on the American Lake Trail, about 9.5 miles south of Aspen. A 15-year-old girl was revived after being administered CPR. A 17-year-old boy was burned on the soles of his feet. The other three family members did not receive any significant injuries.
July 2000LightningAspen1 hurtno account filed
July 2023Debris FlowAspen$5,000Debris of mud and rock fell across portions of the Rio Grande Trail outside of Aspen as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms.
August 2021Debris FlowAspen$5,000Pitkin County Sheriff reported the closure of Independence Pass along Colorado Highway 82 between mile markers 47 and 72 due to mudslides.
July 2007Flash FloodAspen$5,000Heavy rain caused water and debris to flow down a normally dry drainage running through the Maroon Creek Day Use Area provided by the USFS. The water and debris average depth was 5 feet with a width of 30 feet. The flash flood hit the Maroon Creek Road and a trailhead parking lot where it spread out about 100 feet wide, clogging culverts and burying the road and day-use area under 1 to 2 feet of debris. Improved trails were destroyed and tons of debris had to be removed from the road and day-use area. Additionally, hailstones up to 1/2 inch diameter accompanied the heavy rain. There were people camping nearby in tents when the event occurred.
July 2006LightningAspen$2,000no account filed
July 2007Heavy RainAspen-Minor flooding and rockslides occurred on Highway 82 just east of Aspen.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAspen-no account filed
August 2001Flash FloodAspen-no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodAspen-no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodAspen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pitkin County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Sheely Bridge0.3 miles1985
Ute Cemetery0.3 miles2002
Wheeler Opera House0.4 miles1972
La Fave Block0.4 miles1987
Armory Hall, Fraternal Hall0.4 miles1975
Pitkin County Courthouse0.4 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90000866 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pitkin CountyAll 38 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.