Ouray, Colorado

Renegade 4WD Club

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Steve poses by his Cherokee as far up into Yankee Boy Basin as it is open to vehicles.
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Sam poses in the same place. The view back towards Ouray in the background was incredible.
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Two shots of the 3/4 tunnel on the shelf road near the Camp Bird mine on the road from Yankee Boy Basin to Ouray.
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Building at the Camp Bird mine (which is for sale along with 1200 acres if your're interested in being part of the chain of environmental liability).
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Mine building ruins at the Camp Bird mine. Camp Bird apparently was a working mine until 1990 (see www.mindat.org/loc-8702.html )
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Just another shot of the lousy scenery in the Ouray area while the Aspens are at their peak for color.
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View looking towards Ouray from about midway up the road to Yankee Boy Basin.

 

Links of interest:

Guidebooks:  
4WD Trails - Southwest Colorado www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966567544
Colorado Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966497600
Two very hard books to find, but worth getting if you can find them. Very interesting historical coverage of the ghost towns in this area of Colorado:
Ghosts of the Western San Juans, Volume I www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/188342514X
Ghosts of the Western San Juans, Volume II www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0999008609
Maps:  
Back Roads of the San Juan Mountains: Ophir - Imogene Loop and Yankee Boy Basin www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1928759033
Back Roads of the San Juan Mountains: Alpine Loop Scenic Backcountry Byway www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1928759009
Trails Illustrated Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, Lake City www.trailsillustrated.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=15&Product_ID=118&CATID=10
Latitude 40 Telluride, Silverton, Ouray www.latitude40maps.com/tso.html
Delorme Colorado Atlas www.4x4books.com/agco.htm
   
Interesting site about mines in Colorado www.mindat.org/rloc.php?loc=Colorado%2C+USA

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