Daytrip up Yankee Boy Basin and Imogene Pass
- Thread starter Greg
- Start date
Houndoc
Registered User
- Location
- Grantsville
Man, I would have loved to live in a town called Sneffels.
Houndoc
Registered User
- Location
- Grantsville
I've always wanted to do some more serious prospecting.
You could go join the guys I say living on the beach and prospecting outside of Nome, Alaska, last fall.
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
There are a bunch of gold camps all over Alaska, in the latest prospector magazine there was even a cabin, a pickup and some mining equipment on a handful of claims. $80k
TRNDRVR
IMA BUM
- Location
- North Ogden, UT
Somewhere this Sunday?
Houndoc
Registered User
- Location
- Grantsville
There are a bunch of gold camps all over Alaska, in the latest prospector magazine there was even a cabin, a pickup and some mining equipment on a handful of claims. $80k
The cabin would probably be far more comfortable than the tents on the beach! One guy there I talked to (he taught Sunday School at the LDS Branch) said some of the nights in the tent are pretty rough, espicially when the wind picks up.
But of course, the beach is free and open to the public for prospecting.
R
rockdog
Guest
Greg, why does the county clear snow off the roads up that high?
ouray has to be one of my favorite places in the world... love it there! we were up there about this time last year and there was a ton of snow too. there is just something cool about vacationing there, it's so ridiculously relaxing. the trails could stand to be harder imo but they are really fun anyways
BroncoMama
Rock Diva
- Location
- Just south of craziness
All the mountain passes and old mining roads bring a lot of tourists to that area and if the county didn't clear them, the avalanches would never melt.
roverrocks
Active Member
- Location
- Montose,CO
Of the 4 old mining towns of Telluride, Silverton, Ouray, and Lake City in the area only Telluride has a viable year around economy as it has a major ski area and would is a good summer destination even if Imogene, Ophir, and Black Bear aren't completely open yet. Silverton has a tiny ski area but Lake City and Ouray have none and so the last 2 desparately need the summer tourists to survive and basically close shop during the winters. They need the major passes open asop so the tourists come in big numbers. It is decidedly cool to wheel the passes as they open as you drive thru towering snow on both sides where the dozers have been. You can wheel up to where the bulldozers are working and marvel at the nerve these guys have when it's difficult to determine where the trails are under all the snow and it's a steep drop off where they could roll the dozers.