Ghost Town: ST. ELMO, COLORADO!
(Surrounding Mountain Scenery Including Mt. Princeton & Mt. Antero) - April 2004
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To get to St. Elmo, take State Highway 162 near Nathrop. From the Arkansas Valley, the views of the mountains are amazing! |
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Mt. Princeton! I have got to hike that mountain this summer! I already did four 14ers ... Mount Princeton is next! :) |
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Mt. Antero and its surrounding range. |
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Goodness! I took 125 photos in a six hour period! |
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Looking down into the Mount Princeton Hot Springs valley. That valley takes you into St. Elmo! |
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More mountain scenery! The bottom shot is the Mt. Ouray range, that's west of Salida. |
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Okay, one token shot of me! ;) |
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Into Chalk Creek Canyon we go... |
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Oh my goodness! Just look at those aspens! You know, I think I need to come to this very spot in the autumn, when these trees will be shouting in bright yellow! ;) |
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Whooooooa! There was a very steep curve in the road ... kind of reminded me of Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park! ;) |
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There's all sorts of old buildings in the canyon... |
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Lots of historic buildings!
From what I could see, there have been efforts to preserve these historic buildings and it appears there are even some newly built homes in the canyon. |
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Oh boy! I was really tempted to drive up Tincup Pass. Other Continental Divide passes: Independence Pass, Cottonwood Pass and Wolf Creek Pass. |
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A Shameless commercial! :)
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That's Mount Mamma, elevation 13,645 feet. |
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Wow! I love this photo of Chalk Creek! |
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The scenery along the way is well worth visiting this town! |
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One last photo as I was leaving town. |
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Back down the canyon, a nice shot of Alpine Lake. (top) |
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Near Highway 162 at Nathrop, looking back at Mount Princeton.
See the autumn photo from the same vicinity! :)
Also, my two other pictorials from that day:
Buena Vista, CO scenery
Cottonwood Hot Springs |
