Photos from Placer and California Gulches between Silverton and Ouray (You-ray). Mine and mill ruins--Placer Gulch
One of many mines -- Placer Gulch
Wild flowers -- Placer Gulch
Shawn and Gabriella near the confluence of Placer and California Gulches.
Lunch, California Gulch. Boys can't take time to eat when there is water nearby and mines to explore.
Gabriella, on the other hand, confiscated her mother's sandwich and settled down on a soft blanket.
Greg and the boys head straight for a mine shaft...climbing over the tailings to get there.
A flooded mine shaft. What a great adventure for three young cowboys.
California Pass. Second highest pass in the San Juan Mountains.
Lake Como from above California Pass. Poughkeepsie Gulch and the road to Ouray upper right. Road at left leads down Corkscrew Gulch to highway 550. Aptly named for its white-knuckle, nail-biting, death-defying switchbacks.
Greg and Marrec on the saddle between Poughkeepsie and California Gulches--13,000 feet.
California Gulch as the road leads up to the pass.
