PICTURES: 1. Lunch in Rio Grande National Forest; 2.Summitville, old mining camp; 3.Summitville; 4. top of Grayback Mountain; 5. view from top of Grayback Mtn.
Monday, June 28, 2010
June 28--South Fork, Colorado
Another great adventure day today. We planned to make a loop through the Rio Grande Forest that we/'ve done before so we weren't too excited. It encompassed several gravel roads to Summitville, an abandoned mining camp, and Grayback Mountain. A few miles down Park Creek Road we decided to explore a small side road. It immediately crossed Park Creek and just got better from there. This rough, rocky track climbed into the mountains through creeks and mud holes to 12000 feet. It was made even more exciting because evidently the national forest service does not see the need to mark the roads. They sell you a map of the forest with forest road numbers but there are no corresponding signs on the roads--fun. Two hours and lots of bumping later we actually came out on the right road.
Another unexpected surprise was a road to the top of Grayback Mountain--definitely a 4wd road but great, great views at 12,000+ feet.
PICTURES: 1. Lunch in Rio Grande National Forest; 2.Summitville, old mining camp; 3.Summitville; 4. top of Grayback Mountain; 5. view from top of Grayback Mtn.
PICTURES: 1. Lunch in Rio Grande National Forest; 2.Summitville, old mining camp; 3.Summitville; 4. top of Grayback Mountain; 5. view from top of Grayback Mtn.
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Nice pictures! The sky is amazing. I know it seems bigger when you're there, and it even seems bigger in these pictures.
ReplyDeleteWas Dad celebrating that he made it to the top? :)
That's pretty cool that you can get to those hard to get to spots.
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