The scenery going up the valley is marvelous. The rock formations are particularly awesome and the brilliant blue sky for a backdrop doesn't hurt either.













Driving out of town up into the hills you look like you are going to have to drive right into the mountain but there is a small cut in the mountain made by a stream and they made a road running right along the stream. Here you can see the road and stream heading up.












There are markers along the way to identify landmarks with an explanation given in a free handout available from the tourist information center in Creede. They help you understand where the old mining shafts and buildings were so you can visualize what it must have looked like in the 1800's. Any way you look at it, it was not an easy life for those miners!!