Telluride Photo Album - Page 1
(If you can, widen up your window to fit two pictures across - it looks
better)
On our way between Aspen and Telluride, we decided to stop in Ouray
for lunch. We had actually intended to check out the famous Ouray
Hot Springs, but we were forced to make an unexpected stop in the thriving
metropolis of Ridgway when be broke a fan belt while accellerating up one
of those long Colorado hills. Anyhow, we were lucky to find an open
service station but it cost us about two hours so we didn't have time for
the hot springs. Maybe next time. The second shot above was
taken from a hiking trail above Telluride. That's Brenda with the
14,000 foot Wilson Mountain in the background.
More from that same hike. This was a hike we took to the long
extinct Liberty Bell Mine high above Telluride. This place was hopping
around the turn of the century, but now it's just rubble. Hundereds
of miners lived up at this point above 11,000 feet elevation. And
those who didn't live there hiked or took a horse up from the town of Telluride
to go to work...even in the deep winter snows!
This is an awesome sunset shot of the peaks in the box canyon east
of Telluride. I'm not sure if that's Telluride Peak or Ajax Peak
(or both). And here's another shot of Wilson Mountain and Wilson
Mesa taken from a different vantage point (on our way out of town).
SELF NAVIGATION...
