Ghost Town: St. Elmo, Colorado
(Surrounding Mountain Scenery Including Mt. Princeton & Mt. Antero) - April 2004
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The best way to St. Elmo is to go west on Chaffee County Road 162 near
Nathrop. (I actually drove on Chaffee County Road 321 ("Rodeo Road") and the first eight photos are from there.)
A really beautiful view of Mt. Yale. |
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Mt. Princeton! I hiked this mountain later in the year. Here are my Mt. Princeton pages:
Mt. Princeton Hike
Mt. Princeton Photos |
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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 toward the
Mount Princeton Hot Springs.
Going up into the canyon leads to St. Elmo. |
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More mountain scenery! The bottom shot is the Sangre De Cristo Mountains,
located south of Salida. |
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Into Chalk Creek Canyon we go ... |
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Oh my goodness! Just look at those aspens!
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 is a "soft shoulder" - a
curve in the road with a very steep drop. It kind of reminded me of Old Fall River Road in
Rocky Mountain National Park! ;) |
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Arrival in St. Elmo! :) |
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There are 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 how I would have loved to have reached
Tincup Pass, but the snow and lack of a
4-wheel drive vehicle kept me put.
Other Continental Divide passes: Independence Pass,
Cottonwood Pass, Monarch Pass and
Hagerman Pass. |
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Nice photo. |
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That snow covered peak is Mount Mamma, altitude 13,645 feet. |
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Nice! 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.
Note: Four years later, I created a web site dedicated to St. Elmo.
Visit www.St-Elmo-Colorado.com |
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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.
Also, another page from this day:
Buena Vista, CO scenery |
