Exploring around Leadville Colorado
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close up of the Leadville area. Most of the roads were "go as far as
the snow allows" type of roads. Note Mosquito Pass in the top
right corner - referenced later. At the end of the day I jumped over to Turquoise Lake. The water level was rather low and it still was ice covered. |
| I-70 west of Denver. Up and over one of the
large hills we enjoy this view (and almost every time I take this same photo). |
| Loveland ski runs |
| At the junction of I-70 and CO-91 - Copper
Mountain ski runs. |
| Just over Fremont Pass |
| On
the trails - a "power line run" - Colorado Style (those mountains in
the background make it differ from a Wisconsin power line run). |
| Stopping to let some air out of the tires -
this'll help for a smoother ride today. |
| Blocked
by snow. If we really wished to push through we could have. I walked to
the top to get a few photos to see what was around the corner. |
| Power line access trail. |
| Up top looking about. |
| Back down to the jeep. |
| Turned around - heading back to Mark The jeep hood is clean - something to watch through the day - it'll end up fairly mud spotted. |
| We were in the 10K to 11.5K feet today. A fair
bit of snow will be encountered. |
| This is a huge mining area - of days gone by.
Relics remain here and there. |
| Panorama Click for a larger size |
| Of
note - the concrete footings. At some point they held some machinery -
perhaps a steam driven cable hoist. Somewhere nearby would have been a
boiler and a place for the headframe / hoist (perhaps that wood rubble
to the left). |
| Some chute device. I don't understand how this
device worked / where material was delivered to it and on what level. Beyond is the town of Leadville with Turquoise Lake in the background. |
| Panorama Click for a much larger size image |
| A bit of mud splatter atop the hood... |
| Classic
railroad right-of-way. Instead of rolling over the hill or around the
hill - the railroad will move the hill for flat, straight travel. Jeep hood mud spatter check - it's getting more covered. About 1/2 of the mud spots on the windshield are on the inside. |
| Heading up Mosquito Road towards Mosquity Pass
(snow's way too deep & the gate's closed). |
| Mosquito
Pass road is perhaps the "middle" angled line on the mountain in the
background. The pass is around the corner to the left. I have traveled that trail once from the other side to this side. I do not know the name of the mine in the foreground. Fortune Mine is one possibility though the map shows it to be a tad behind me and off my right shoulder. |
| Turning around to check on a different trail. |
| Good views today! |
| We found another utility run. This one is a
buried pipeline - water. |
| A
fair bit of mud splatter today - at least it's just light splatter and
not heavy / thick mud globs (more difficult to clean off). |
| Jumping over to Turquoise Lake for a peek - a
first for me. |
| There were some sections of forest that had
been cut - the sections didn't look too nice. |
| The hood's fairly covered. |
| Spillway - Morning Glory design. |
