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Shelton is credited as one of the inventors of the modern ski area trail map. An avid skier and trained cartographer, Shelton pioneered the use of the shaded relief map in depicting ski trails.

Shelton earned a degree in Scientific Illustration from Pomona College, before joining the US Geological Survey during World War II. After the War, he settled in Golden, Colorado. Shelton has been referred to a "cartographic populist . . .[who] thought existing map symbology was too abstract for general audiences, so he began experimenting with natural-color maps [indicating] topography with subtle terrain shading."

Shelton produced maps for airlines, classrooms and textbooks, before being discovered by the ski industry. Ultimately, he would produce the first "modern" trail maps for Alta, Jackson Hole, Aspen, Mammoth Mountain, Winter Park, Sun Valley, Purgatory, Waterville Valley and many others. One of his most famous works is an imaginary view of all of the Colorado Mountains and ski areas from 100,000 feet above Denver.

Place/Date:
n.p. / 1970 circa
Size:
35.75 x 22.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
97025
Place/Date:
n.p. (Vermont?) / 1968
Size:
23.5 x 17.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71958
Place/Date:
Colorado Springs / 1975 circa
Size:
20 x 28.5 inches
Condition:
Fine
Stock#:
77223

Archived

Place/Date:
Aspen, Colorado / 1965
Size:
16 x 18 inches (Whole sheet)
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
72575
Place/Date:
n.p. / 1965 circa
Size:
23 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
Fine
Stock#:
0020bm
Place/Date:
n.p. / 1968 circa
Size:
28.5 x 21.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
88011
Place/Date:
Colorado Springs / 1965 circa
Size:
20 x 28.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
65868
Place/Date:
Colorado Springs / 1965 circa
Size:
20 x 28.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
77220
Place/Date:
Colorado Springs / 1975 circa
Size:
20 x 28.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
71272
Place/Date:
Colorado Springs / 1975 circa
Size:
20 x 28.5 inches
Condition:
Fine
Stock#:
77221
Place/Date:
Colorado Springs / 1975 circa
Size:
20 x 28.5 inches
Condition:
Fine
Stock#:
77222
Place/Date:
Colorado Springs / 1975 circa
Size:
20 x 28.5 inches
Condition:
Fine
Stock#:
77224