First visit to the Peak 10 trail near Brekenridge and the Mosquito Pass trail near Leadville.
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Meet up with several others in the jeep group to visit two trails. I've
never visited either as yet so with good weather today looks to be a
nice day. |
| Start of Peak 10's trail at the ski lodge area
in Brekenridge Colorado. Many of the ski runs are on Forest Service
(public) lands. |
| Most are familiar with what the ski runs are
like in the winter time. Seeing them in the summertime, void of snow,
is an unusual thing for me. |
| Out for a hike |
| There is a man-made structure just below the
peak (right ridgeline). Perhaps some day I'll have an opportunity to
visit it for a view in the opposite direction. |
| A good mix of clouds today! |
| Looking down on Brekenridge and one of the
mountainside buildings. |
| Above timberline. |
| The man-made structure can be seen in this
photo too. It seems to be not much more than a roof. |
| High on the mountain, with scant snow
remaining on this late summer's day, there's still flowing water from
the remaining snow. |
| Our destination. In the center of the photo is
a relay station. I assume Peak 10 is to the right edge of the photo. |
| I'm curious as to the history of the structure
as there does not look to be mining activity in the area. |
| View to the northwest. |
| View to the southeast. |
| A bit more to go. |
| Even this late in the summer there's enough
snow that most folks decided to not risk a slip-slide to trek to the
peak. |
| Always nice to find a parking spot where the
jeep can't free-roll off of a mountain. |
| Old relay room. |
| Panorama (click for a much larger size) |
| Panorama (click for a much larger size) |
| Head'n down with Mosquito Pass on our minds. |
| A good day for a hike. |
| Back at timberline A view over town. |
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Start of the Mosquito Pass area photos |
| The London Mill |
| An old tram to haul ore over the ridge to the
mill. |
| Tram cable. |
| (click for a
larger size) |
| End of the road for low clearance vehicles. |
| Looking down to the first buildings. |
| We didn't poke about the mine structure. |
| (click for a
larger size) |
| Hmmm - a trail heading up the other side of
the valley (I believe it does not go over any ridge). |
| A classic mountain vista. |
| Opposing traffic - not too common on many
trails though this is a through trail that was a stagecoach route
servicing Leadville, the mines, and Fairplay CO. |
| View to the east/southeast. |
| Relay station on the peak to the north. |
| Heading down to Leadville |
| Northwest |
| Power lines crossing the mountains. |
| Still maintained and in use. |
