Silverton CO 2013 Mineral Creek Day 5

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Here is another day of pictures. We had gone up Mineral Creek. Mineral Creek follows a stream along great overlook roads. We diverted off unto Poughkeepsie Gulch trail later. I wanted to see if I could make it up this difficult rated trail in my mostly stock Jeep Rubicon. It was a beautiful trail but when we got to this watery spot
some of the rocks would have hung us up and we were traveling alone.http://keithbarnes.smugmug.com/Vacation/2013-Mineral-Creek/i-BNbwBkN/A

So we backtracked and continued up Mineral Creek trail to the California Gulch Trail. It is a beautiful and easy trail with dramatic overlooks. The three trails had lots of mining ruins, animals, and magnificent scenery.

http://keithbarnes.smugmug.com/Vacation/2013-Mineral-Creek

Keith Jeanne and Ian

 

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Lake Como is awesome. While the rest of my group came up from poughkeepsie gulch I was at Lake Como eating lunch and running around taking photographs. The lake literally changes color with the sun and sky condition.