The Granite Mountain

Granite mountain is a harrowing story of heroism in the face of natural disaster.

The granite mountain.

Granite mountain hot shot firefighter autopsy reports 2013 yarnell hill fire. The astounding views from the summit of the granite mountain trail come at a price. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire. Andrew sterling ashcraft was born on february 15 1984 to parents deborah pfingston and thomas ashcraft in orange california.

This is the same material used to construct the salt lake temple and. At the age of five andrew moved to prescott with his family where he spent the next 24 years of his life with his brother thomas james t j ashcraft. Granite mountain is a mass of solid rock one mile up little cottonwood canyon in the wasatch range of utah not too far from salt lake city utah despite its name granite mountain is primarily composed of quartz monzonite an igneous rock similar to granite in appearance physical characteristics and chemical composition. But views of pointed kaleetan peak deep blue crystal lake the climber dotted tooth and mount rainier dominating the skyline to the south make it all worth it.

It perfectly illustrates the kind of teamwork and camaraderie that informed the legendary squad of hotshots working to save in this case their hometown from utter destruction by fire. With josh brolin miles teller jeff bridges jennifer connelly. About granite mountain hotshots memorial state park. Entering their sixth season the 2013 granite mountain inter agency hotshots became instructors at the arizona incident and management academy.

Based on the true story of the granite mountain hotshots a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire. The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by lightning on june 28 2013. Prescott fire chief dan fraijo later confirmed that all 19 were from the granite mountain hotshots. Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park was dedicated in 2016 as a place to remember the 19 granite mountain hotshot firefighters who were lost on june 30 2013 while fighting the yarnell hill fire.

On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. The granite mountain inter agency hotshots had been protecting the city with over 3 1 billion in assessed value over 18 000 homes and 24 000 residents. Juliann ashcraft said she found out her firefighter husband andrew was among the dead by watching. Granite mountain interagency hotshots crew.