Renegade 4WD Club
![]() Steve poses by his Cherokee as far up into Yankee Boy Basin as it is open to vehicles. |
![]() Sam poses in the same place. The view back towards Ouray in the background was incredible. |
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). |
Mine building ruins at the Camp Bird mine. Camp Bird apparently was a working mine until 1990 (see www.mindat.org/loc-8702.html ) |
Just another shot of the lousy scenery in the Ouray area while the Aspens are at their peak for color. |
View looking towards Ouray from about midway up the road to Yankee Boy Basin. |
| 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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