Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.9, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Colorado Vibes Exploring the high country of Colorado ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](http://www.coloradovibes.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](http://www.coloradovibes.com/blog/) - [True Grit: Then and Now](http://www.coloradovibes.com/2010/02/true-grit-then-and-now/) - True Grit, Then and Now, John Wayne, Filming Locations of True Grit, Ridgway, Ouray, Colorado, Owl Creek Pass, Last Dollar Road, Deb's Meadow, True Grit cafe, Hanging scene, Shootout scene, sleeping rock, snakepit, John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Rooster Cogburn, Mattie Ross, Ross Ranch, Ouray County Courthouse, Fort Smith Saloon - [JeepsterGal Videos](http://www.coloradovibes.com/2010/02/videos-from-jeepstergal/) - Colorado Offroading, Ghost Towns, Videos, JeepsterGal, San Juan Mountains - [Offroad Day Trips for Ouray and Silverton](http://www.coloradovibes.com/2010/05/offroad-day-trips-for-ouray-and-silverton/) - Offroad Day Trips for Ouray and Silverton, Make the most of your Jeep Rental in Ouray and Silverton - [Books About Colorado](http://www.coloradovibes.com/2010/02/great-books-to-buy/) - Great Books on Colorado, Offroading, San Juan Mountains, Ghost Towns - [Offroading 101](http://www.coloradovibes.com/2010/02/offroading-101/) - Offroading 101, Beginning Offroading, Offroad Etiquette, Colorado - [The History of Ironton ](http://www.coloradovibes.com/2010/02/ironton/) - The Red Mountain Mining District was prospected as early as September of 1879. As the miners made their way up Mineral Creek, north of Silverton, they found deposits of gold, silver, lead, and copper. The Red Mountain Mining District, on both the north and south sides of Red Mountain (Sheridan) Pass, was the most prolific - [My Sidekick Rio](http://www.coloradovibes.com/2010/02/my-sidekick-rio/) - Rio is a blue merle Australian Shepherd (Aussie) who goes with me on all my Rocky Mountain adventures. ## Pages - [Home](http://www.coloradovibes.com/) - Offroad Colorado, Ghost Towns, JeepsterGal, Videos, Colorado Hikes - [Million Dollar Highway203](http://www.coloradovibes.com/scenic-drives/million-dollar-highway/) - Part of the larger San Juan Skyway, the Million Dollar Highway stretches from Durango to Ouray and boasts spectacular scenery and hair-raising switchbacks (not for the faint of heart, especially the portion between Silverton and Ouray). Photos Video - [Scenic Drives](http://www.coloradovibes.com/scenic-drives/) - [Mount Sherman](http://www.coloradovibes.com/hikes/mount-sherman/) - Mount Sherman is a fourteener in Colorado, which means a mountain over 14,000 feet in elevation. Colorado has 54 mountains with that status. Mount Sherman is located in the Mosquito Range, approximately 8 miles south of Mount Lincoln. It lies on the border between Lake and Park County, approximately seven miles east-southeast of Leadville. Mount - [Midland Tunnels](http://www.coloradovibes.com/hikes/midland-tunnels/) - Outside Manitou Springs is an abandoned railroad for the Colorado Midland Railway, which was constructed in 1883 through Ute Pass from Colorado Springs to Leadville. It consists of 8 tunnels blasted into the red rocks surrounding Manitou Springs. Abandoned in 1949, the rails were yanked from the ground and the tunnels are all that remain - [Manitou Incline](http://www.coloradovibes.com/hikes/manitou-incline/) - The Manitou Incline is located in Manitou Springs, Colorado, outside Colorado Springs. It has approximately 2,744 steps, and gains almost 2,000 feet of elevation in less than one very vertical mile - it averages between a 40% - 68% grade. Beginning elevation is 6,560 feet at the trailhead and the summit is at 8,550 feet. - [Vindicator Trail](http://www.coloradovibes.com/hikes/vindicator-trail/) - [Hikes](http://www.coloradovibes.com/hikes/) - [Picayune & Placer Gulch](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/picayne-placer-gulch/) - Picayne & Placer Gulch, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, Silverton, Offroad - [Eureka Gulch](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/eureka-gulch/) - Location: San Juan Mountains Difficulty: Easy Directions: Outside Silverton, turnoff on the way to Animas Forks Time: Approximately 1 hour, one-way. 3.6 miles. You Tube Video - [Clear Lake](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/clear-lake/) - Clear Lake, Silverton, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, Offroad - [Stony Pass](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/stony-pass/) - Stony Pass, Silverton, San Juan Mountians, Colorado, Offroad - [Black Bear Road](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/black-bear-road/) - Black Bear Road is the most dangerous 4-wheel drive trail in Colorado. The most treacherous part of the trail is one-way only into Telluride. - [American Basin](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/american-basin/) - American Basin, Cinnamon Pass, Ouray, Silverton, Lake City, Colorado - [Videos](http://www.coloradovibes.com/videos/) - JeepsterGal videos, You Tube, Colorado, Offroading, Ghost Towns - [Wildflowers](http://www.coloradovibes.com/colorado-wildflowers/) - Colorado Wildflowers, Columbines, Mountain Wildflowers - [Red Mountain Mining District](http://www.coloradovibes.com/ghost-towns/red-mountain-mining-district/) - Red Mountain Mining District, Ghost Town, Colorado, San Juan Mountains - [Alta Lakes](http://www.coloradovibes.com/ghost-towns/alta-lakes/) - Alta Lakes, Ghost Town, Colorado, San Juan Mountains - [Tin Cup Pass](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/tin-cup-pass/) - Tin Cup Pass, Buena Vista, Ghost Town, Colorado, Offroad - [Phantom Canyon Road](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/phantom-canyon-road/) - Phantom Canyon Road, Cripple Creek, Canon City, Offroad - [Owl Creek Pass](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/owl-creek-pass/) - Owl Creek Pass, San juan Mountains, Colorado, Ridgway, True Grit - [Ophir Pass](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/ophir/) - Ophir Pass, Telluride, Silverton, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, Offroad - [Mosquito Pass](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/mosquito-pass/) - Mosquito Pass, Colorado, Leadville, Offroad, Trails - [Imogene Pass](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/imogene-pass/) - Imogene Pass, San Juan Mountains, Telluride, Tomboy Road, Ouray - [Cottonwood Pass](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/cottonwood-pass/) - Cottonwood Pass, Colorado, Buena Vista, Offroad, Trail - [Corkscrew Gulch](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/corkscrew-gulch/) - Corkscrew Gulch, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, Offroad, Ironton, Silverton, Ouray - [Cinnamon Pass](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/cinnamon-pass/) - Cinnamon Pass, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, Offroad, Alpine Loop, Lake City, Silverton - [Last Dollar Road](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/last-dollar-road/) - Last Dollar Road, San Juan Mountains, Telluride, Colorado, Ridgway - [Engineer Pass](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/engineer-pass/) - Engineer Pass, Ouray, Silverton, San Juan Mountains, Colorado - [Yankee Boy Basin](http://www.coloradovibes.com/offroad-trails/yankee-boy-basin/) - Yankee Boy Basin, Offroad, 4x4, Colorado, San Juan Mountains, Ouray - [Animas Forks](http://www.coloradovibes.com/ghost-towns/animas-forks/) - Animas Forks, Ghost Town - [Ironton](http://www.coloradovibes.com/ghost-towns/ironton/) - Ironton, Red Mountain Mining District, Ghost Town, Colorado, San Juan Mountains - [Capitol City](http://www.coloradovibes.com/ghost-towns/capitol-city/) - Capitol City, Ghost Town, Colorado, San Juan Mountains - [Independence](http://www.coloradovibes.com/ghost-towns/independence/) - Independence, Cripple Creek, Victor, Ghost Town, Colorado, Pike Peak - [Tin Cup](http://www.coloradovibes.com/ghost-towns/tin-cup/) - [St. Elmo](http://www.coloradovibes.com/ghost-towns/st-elmo/) - [South Cheyenne Canon](http://www.coloradovibes.com/vintage-colorado-postcards/south-cheyenne-canon/) - Vintage postcards, antique, Colorado Springs, South Cheyenne Canon - [Short Line Railroad](http://www.coloradovibes.com/vintage-colorado-postcards/short-line-railroad/) - Vintage postcards, antique, Colorado, Short Line Railroad - [Pikes Peak](http://www.coloradovibes.com/vintage-colorado-postcards/pikes-peak/) - Vintage postcards, antique, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak - [North Cheyenne Canon](http://www.coloradovibes.com/vintage-colorado-postcards/north-cheyenne-canon/) - Vintage postcards, antique, Colorado, Colorado Springs, North Cheyenne Canon - [Manitou Springs](http://www.coloradovibes.com/vintage-colorado-postcards/manitou-springs/) - Vintage postcards, antique, Colorado, Manitou Springs - [Garden of the Gods](http://www.coloradovibes.com/vintage-colorado-postcards/garden-of-the-gods/) - Vintage postcards, antique, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Garden of the Gods - [Colorado Springs](http://www.coloradovibes.com/vintage-colorado-postcards/colorado-springs/) - Vintage postcards, antique, Colorado, Colorado Springs - [Denver](http://www.coloradovibes.com/vintage-colorado-postcards/helen-hunt-falls/) - Vintage postcards, antique, Colorado, Denver - [Vintage Postcards](http://www.coloradovibes.com/vintage-colorado-postcards/) - Collecting vintage Colorado postcards has been a blast! the best part about colleecting them is seeing the old postmarks and reading all the letters written on them. Some of them are addressed so simply, such as: Edna Murphy, St. Louis, Missouri. Can you imagine? Most of the ones I've collected are from 1900-1950 or so. - [Sepia Photos](http://www.coloradovibes.com/sepia-photos/) - I got started taking photos with Ilford XP2 film, which is a monochromatic film processed on color paper. It turns the photo into a rich, chocolately sepia color. When you photograph old mines and homesteads like I do, it gives the photos the feel of the 1800s, which I really love! 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