Higgins Ridge
Smokejumpers pivoted from battling a fire to fighting for their lives on August 4, 1961.
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Smokejumpers pivoted from battling a fire to fighting for their lives on August 4, 1961.
Twenty elite smokejumpers dropped onto a remote mountain ridge to fight a wildfire on August 4, 1961. Hours later, the fire blew up, and the men were trapped with nowhere to go. A skilled helicopter pilot tells the story of when he set out into the Idaho backcountry to search for the men.
Twenty elite smokejumpers dropped onto a remote mountain ridge to fight a wildfire on August 4, 1961. Hours later, the fire blew up, and the men were trapped with nowhere to go. A skilled helicopter pilot tells the story of when he set out into the Idaho backcountry to search for the men.
Smokejumpers pivoted from battling a fire to fighting for their lives on August 4, 1961.
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Higgins Ridge is a local public television program presented by Montana PBS.
