Plane wreckage hauled away from remote Lost Creek Wilderness -- 50 years after it crashed

In a remote area where motor vehicles are prohibited, U.S. Forest Service crews used pack mules to remove wreckage from a plane that crashed -- about a half-century ago.

Plane wreckage hauled away from remote Lost Creek Wilderness -- 50 years after it crashed

U.S. Forest Service rangers pack plane wreckage onto mules to remove them from a remote wilderness area in Colorado.

Plane wreckage hauled away from remote Lost Creek Wilderness -- 50 years after it crashed

U.S. Forest Service rangers jump on plane wreckage to make them easier to load onto mules to remove them from a remote wilderness area in Colorado.

Plane wreckage hauled away from remote Lost Creek Wilderness -- 50 years after it crashed

A photo from the U.S. Forest Service shows plane wreckage in a remote wilderness area in Colorado. The plane crashed several decades ago.

Plane wreckage hauled away from remote Lost Creek Wilderness -- 50 years after it crashed

U.S. Forest Service mules haul away plane wreckage from a remote wilderness area in Colorado.