WMCC Slide 21: Bailey Memorial Climbs
Files attached to this item
View the original CCA 11.vi.1989.01_WMCC_Slide20_Summer1959_Memorial_Routes_01.jpeg 
Item Metadata
Title
WMCC Slide 21: Bailey Memorial Climbs
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Date Created
1960-1963
Description
A photograph of Walt Bailey relaxing on a cliff face at Fort of Leaning Column (May 1956)
After his passing, several routes and mountain peaks were named in Bailey's honor as memorials:
"Walter Bailey memorial Route" established in Walt's memory by Gary Cole, Ray Jacquot, and Charlie Blackmon of UW climbing
Winder River Canyon peak named Bailey's Peak in honor of Walt in Wind River Canyon near the previously established Petroleum Peak, officially climbed by WMCC students Gary Cole and Ray Jacquot in August 1963
After his passing, several routes and mountain peaks were named in Bailey's honor as memorials:
"Walter Bailey memorial Route" established in Walt's memory by Gary Cole, Ray Jacquot, and Charlie Blackmon of UW climbing
Winder River Canyon peak named Bailey's Peak in honor of Walt in Wind River Canyon near the previously established Petroleum Peak, officially climbed by WMCC students Gary Cole and Ray Jacquot in August 1963
Type
Image
Creator
WMCC
Language
ENG
Is Part Of
Wyoming Mountaineers at Casper College Collection; CCA 11.vi.1989.01
Identifier
CCA 11.vi.1989.01_WMCC_Slide20_Summer1959_Memorial_Routes_01
Original Format
Photograph
Citation
WMCC, “WMCC Slide 21: Bailey Memorial Climbs,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed February 13, 2026, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/10104.