Gunnison to Ouray via Engineer Pass, Animas Forks townsite, California Pass, Hurricane Pass, Corkscrew Pass
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What a day! Enjoy the photos. If you wish to jump to a lower section, click one of these links 1) Start of Day (you're here) 2) Start of Engineer Pass at Lake City Colo 3) Animas Forks townsite 4) To the passes! |
| Eastern tip of the Blue Mesa reservoir |
| Jump'n south towards Lake City |
| A first hint that the clouds will give some
nice photos |
| Lake City Colo |
| Start of
Engineer Pass at Lake City Colo |
| Mine tours! |
| Old dam barely hanging on. |
| Mine shaft elevator |
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| Lined up by chance |
| How about THAT for a mountain house! |
| Capitol City |
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| Now to start the climb. We're at timberline
now. |
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| These cloud aren't giving much for desired
accent - but wait until we move to the other side of the mountain - just over the pass. |
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| Someone
dedicated the time and energy to make trail. Farther to the left of the
pic you can see zig-zag where it climbed high. Mine scounting? |
| Now the clouds are showing some promise! |
| Ken's camera could zoom... Notice the
"spec" atop the ridge in the photo below this. |
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| On the move down from Engineer Pass to the
Animas Forks townsite |
| Closing in
to the Animas Forks townsite |
| The mill that sat on this foundation must have been HUGE |
| Buy a used jeep - get that first temp tag -
hit the trails! |
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| Heading out from
Animas Forks up to the passes - California / Hurricane / Corkscrew |
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| High above timberline - a boiler. Wood or coal
needed to be hauled up - let alone all else that went along with a
boiler - buildings, machinery. |
| Walking up for a 360 photo set |
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| Heading over to Hurricane Pass |
| Hurricane Pass, 12,730 Feet elevation |
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| A bit of rain working up the valley |
| We'll take Corkscrew Pass to US 550 &
Ouray Colo. |
| A house hiding behind some trees? |
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| Ouray, Colo. |
