After several fun-filled days riding and chasing the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad, we followed another Rising Sun 4×4 Club member north on some back gravel roads up and over the mountains toward Summitville.
Getting ready to head into the unknown.
There are some beautiful colors in the mountains between the border with New Mexico and Del Norte. This color indicates minerals that might be of interest to miners.
Up on top of the mountains on the way to Summitville.
There is a lot of beautiful scenery up here.
Down at an old townsite from mining days long since passed. Almost nothing remains of what once was a thriving mining district.
Winter never really ends at this high of elevation.
