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this article published on dailycamera.com in August 2009:
In January 1948, a twin-engine C-47 airplane carrying three Civil Aeronautics Administration airmen was lost in a storm on the Continental Divide west of Boulder. The plane was last seen near Nederland on a flight from Denver to Grand Junction at the same time that a crew member sent a radio message reporting turbulent weather. Ground searchers combed the surrounding mountainous area but did not find the plane.
For four months, the airmen’s frozen bodies lay in the ice and snow in the saddle of Navajo Peak about 75 feet from its summit. Finally, in May 1948, searchers from the air spotted the wreckage. A group effort composed of men from several different rescue organizations worked together to reach the plane and retrieve the bodies.