Some of the historic information
provided in this blog is from "Backcountry Adventures Colorado" by
Peter Massey, Jeanne Wilson, and Angela Titus.
And, as always, Click on the pictures to view a larger size.
Four Jeeps today: Bonny & Ronny, Cathy & Larry, newbies
Sam & daughter, Blair, and of course, us.
We chose U.S. Basin in Brown's Gulch as it offers some beautiful scenery
and is an easy trail.
Our new friend, Blair:
We
hit a snow drift covering the entire trail so were unable to complete this one,
but not before Jingles had a good snow run.
Man she loves it.
Here,
she is up above the drift. Getting
over-confident in her 0ff-leash privileges:
We reversed
direction & stopped off at the Brooklyn Mine and had lunch.
Some
mine memorabilia:
Our
dining room for today's lunch:
We
all decided to try Corkscrew next. This
trail reaches a top elevation of 12,600 feet and is less than 5 miles, but it
takes a good 45 minutes to drive up and down on that twisty road. It offers great views of the three Red
Mountains and Velocity. Some mining went
on here, but not enough to be profitable.
Only
critter we saw all day:
The bowl
shaped snow in the center of the picture is Velocity.
This
is where Sean White had his "secret half-pipe" and practiced
for
the Winter Olympics:
As
Corkscrew comes to an end, you can see California/Hurricane Trail
straight
ahead which is still closed. Bottom
right is the Gladstone mining area:
Taking the dusty road home that runs along Cement Creek:
Four Jeeps out; four Jeeps home. Another good day in Paradise!
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