Gold Camp Road - Pikes Peak Region
(A Scenic Drive from Colorado Springs to Victor - May 14, 2004)
| Gold Camp Road is a dirt road that originally
could be accessed via
North Cheyenne Canyon.
However, a caved-in tunnel has closed the road to traffic.
My photos show my drive from Old Stage Road in southwest Colorado Springs, which connects with Gold Camp Road, and leads
to Victor in Teller County. This road is passable for an ordinary passenger vehicle like mine.
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How to get there from Colorado Springs: Drive as if
you are going to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
At the junction of Cheyenne Mountain Road and Old Stage Road, go west (toward the mountains)
on Old Stage Road. This road goes for approximately seven miles
and runs into Gold Camp Road. My pictorial begins here! :) |
| TOP: A good view of the Will Rogers Shrine on
Cheyenne Mountain at the beginning. One can visit the shrine (which has a grand view of the city of Colorado Springs) with an admission ticket to the zoo.
BOTTOM: A few large rocks overlooking
Colorado Springs. |
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| One last look back as we head into the mountains. This is a very scenic drive!
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| Right from the road, I captured this nice view of
Mount Cutler
as well as South Cheyenne Canyon Seven Falls is situated)
and North Cheyenne Canyon. |
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| This trip reminded me of Rampart Range Road.
It's fairly isolated and scenic, yet so stinkin' close by! |
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Two photos of aspens. This is probably a good place to visit in the
fall!
Some of my better autumn pictorials:
Sawatch Mountains
Colorado Fall Colors
Bonanza, Colorado
Nathrop, CO area
New Jersey Fall Foliage |
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| I approached a nice lookout with a view of the "back side" (west) of Cheyenne Mountain. |
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| The Penrose-Rosemont Resevoir area looked practically empty.
It sure looks like a good area for hiking and camping! ;) |
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| I am pretty sure that mountain is Mount Big Chief, alt. 11,224 feet. |
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| Pretty nice, if you ask me! ;) |
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| An old tunnel! My understanding is this road formerly served as a railroad grade.
My railroad links:
Manitou Railroad Tunnels
Colorado Railroad Museum |
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| TOP: Cathedral Park MIDDLE:
The mountains south and in front of the Pikes Peak Summit.
BOTTOM: Skaguay Reservoir |
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| The photo is "watered down" because I reduced the file size, but it was a nice shot of the sun shining through the tiny buds on this aspen. |
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| At the other end of Gold Camp Road, I was only a few miles from
Victor and Cripple Creek!
My southern Teller County pages:
Pancake Rocks
Victor, CO (Christmas Lights 2006)
Cripple Creek, CO (Christmas Lights 2006)
Phantom Canyon Road
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