Slope Collection (#59)

Queen Charlotte Island - Masset Totem Poles
The Masset Inlet - Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. The Totem Poles of the Haida People. Masset was known by the Haida as Uttewas (or White Slope Town)

Artillery team on Macedonian Front, WW1
An artillery team with horse-drawn transport taking a bank on the Macedonian Front, near the Struma River, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Fortified position, Siege of Przemsyl, Galicia, WW1
A fortified position during the Siege of Przemsyl in Galicia (now in Poland) on the eastern front during the First World War. The opposing forces were Russian and Austro-Hungarian. Date: 1914-1915

Skiing in Switzerland
Skiers and a strange statue of a ram on a ski slope in Switzerland. 1960s

Drambuie Dry Ski Slope
Learning to ski on the dry ski slop at Drambuie, Aviemore, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Dry Ski Slope
Learning to ski on the dry ski slop at Drambuie, Aviemore, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Ski Sledge 1930S
A group of skiers on a sledge, about to be towed to the top of the ski slope - this is the easy bit! Date: 1930s

Christmas. On a sledge. Artist: Ivy Millicent James. Child on sledge hurtling down an icy slope Date: circa 1910

The Fast Denver Ltd. Locomotive climbing Soldier Summit
The Fast Denver Ltd. climbing Soldier Summit, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s

Granpop rides the Cresta by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration featuring Granpop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood hurtling down a piste head-first on a toboggan, much to the bemusement of a small monkey and bear. Date: 1935

Turkey - Hierapolis - Temple ruins
Entrance to the Temple (ruins) at Hierapolis. Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

Christmas. 2 boys on a sledge. Artist: Anon. 2 boys on sledge hurtling down a steep icy slope Date: circa 1906

Ploughing with a horse team
A team of two heavy horses plough the upslope of an English farmers field, with spectacular rolling countryside disappearing away to a distant horizon. circa 1950s

Fishermen and boats in a harbour
(Fishermen and boats in a harbour, with birds flying overhead. circa 1940s

British tank F4 in action at Wailly, France, WW1
British tank F4 in action, about to descend a slope at Wailly, northern France, during the First World War. Date: October 1917

Tank climbing a steep slope, Lincoln, WW1
A " Mother" tank climbing a steep slope at Burton Park, Lincoln, during the First World War. Date: January 1916

Avalanche victim aided by St Bernards
At the Hospice du Grand Saint- Bernard (2472m), dogs are trained to rescue unfortunate travellers who lose their way in the darkness and snow on the Alpine pass

Two children on a sleigh in the snow
Two children on a sleigh, sliding down a snowy slope. circa late 19th century

VIIIme Exposition Suisse D Agriculture (3 / 3)
Promotional postcard for the VIIIme Exposition Suisse D Agriculture (8th Swiss Agricultural Exhibition) at Lausanne, Switzerland (3/3) Date: 1910

Swiss Hill Slope
Wild flowers beneath bare boughs on a hillside near Bex, Switzerland. Date: 1903

Ski slope in Obergurl, Austria
View of a ski slope, from below, in Obergurgl, Austria. Date: 1976

Distant view of Obergurgl, Austria
Distant view of the village of Obergurgl, Austria. Date: 1976

Nursery slopes at Obergurgl, Austria
People skiing on the nursery slopes at Obergurgl, Austria. Date: 1976

Cows on the slopes of the Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps
View of the Jungfrau, in the Swiss Alps. Its altitude is 4166 metres -- fortunately for the cows, they are slightly lower down the slopes. Date: circa 1956

View over rocky scrub habitat on mountainside, Zushan Forest Park, Qinhuangdao, China, may

View of mountain valley with village at dawn, with snow covered peaks in background, Lower Yubeng Village, Miancimu, Meilixueshan, Yunnan, China, may

Charcoal Burner (Russula cyanoxantha) fruiting body, growing on slope amongst leaf litter in oak woodland, Powys, Wales, august

Subtropical palms and aloes growing in terraced scree garden, in botanic gardens with sheltered microclimate, Ventnor Botanic Garden, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, july

Hikers walking in mountain cirque near waterfall, Cola de Caballo Waterfall, Ordesa y Monte Perdido N. P
Hikers walking in mountain cirque near waterfall, Cola de Caballo Waterfall, Ordesa y Monte Perdido N.P. Pyrenees, Aragon, Spain, june

View of wooded slope habitat, Millers Dale Quarry, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Reserve, Wye Valley, Derbyshire, England, july

View of river and wooded slope habitat, River Derwent, Millers Dale Quarry, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Reserve, Wye Valley, Derbyshire, England, july

View of traditional farmland with small fields and barns, on mountain slopes covered with snow, Piatra Craiulu N. P
View of traditional farmland with small fields and barns, on mountain slopes covered with snow, Piatra Craiulu N.P. Piatra Craiulu Mountains, Southern Carpathians, Romania, october

View of chalk grassland on hillside and distant M40 Motorway, Aston Rowant N. N. R
View of chalk grassland on hillside and distant M40 Motorway, Aston Rowant N.N.R. Chilterns, Oxfordshire, England, october

View of tea plantation workers housing on hillside, Munnar, Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Forest habitat on slopes of inactive volcano, Mount Kitanglad, Kitanglad Mountain Range, Mindanao Island, Philippines

Rusty buoy in coastal botanic gardens with sheltered microclimate, Ventnor Botanic Garden, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, july

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) crop, growing in terraced cultivation on hillside, Vattavada, Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Vineyard on wine estate, rows of grape vines with leaves in autumn colour growing on slope, Napa Valley, above Calistoga, Pallisade Mountains, California, U.S.A. november

Vineyard with grape vines growing on terraces, near Vernazza, La Spezia, Cinque Terre, Riviera Levante, Liguria, Italy, june

European Adder (Vipera berus) adult female, flicking tongue, on rock in mountain habitat, Italian Alps, Italy, may

Coyote (Canis latrans) adult, walking up sand dune in coastal habitat, Puerto Lopez Mateos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, march

Boy riding pack horse, descending from inactive volcano, Mount Kitanglad, Kitanglad Mountain Range, Mindanao Island, Philippines

Rime frost, on hillside in rural landscape, Dorset, England, december

Black Pine (Pinus nigra) habit, forest growing on mountain valley cliffs, Ordesa Valley, Ordesa y Monte Perdido N. P
Black Pine (Pinus nigra) habit, forest growing on mountain valley cliffs, Ordesa Valley, Ordesa y Monte Perdido N.P. Pyrenees, Aragon, Spain, june

Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea) woodland habitat, Powys, Wales, july

Frost covered trees and glacial Dry Valley, Incombe Hole, near Ivinghoe Beacon, Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England, december

View of path through grassland habitat at dawn, Queendown Warren Nature Reserve, North Downs, Kent, England, july

Globe Candytuft (Iberis umbellata) flowering, growing amongst rocks in habitat, Italy, may

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