It's a really gorgeous day. Charles & Jane have family from Alabama visiting. They are taking the day slow with the little grandkids (play in the park & a short trail). We did a loop with Wendy & James. We started out going by Gladstone and took a side road before going on to Hurricane & California Passes, then Animas Forks. We took the lower river home along the Animas River.
The side-trail we take does not appear in our trail book and we rarely see anyone else taking it. It might be Bonita Peak, elevation over 13,000 feet. It goes thru some pretty steep scree areas, but the view at the top is awesome.
Looking down on the mountains:
Lake Como (the headwaters for the Uncompahgre River)
below Hurricane Pass:
The old Frisco Mill is supposed to be being restored. ?? There was ONE new beam inside. Much of it has collapsed since last year & some of the artifacts have been removed. The mill was completed in 1912 with pre-cut wood. It connects to the Bagley Tunnel, 7500 feet long into solid rock. The mill was shut down in the 1920s.
Somebody didn't make it home. I am guessing due to the condition of this vehicle, that it was carried down by snow slides over the winter. It was pretty rusty and we have never seen it here before.
Going by Little Niagara. Don't know how they get to the house:
Along the Animas River:
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