This morning when went on a truck tour into the mountains around Ouray. We're a little early in the season so not all the mountain routes were open and one that was partially opened has been closed due a broken slab of rock. Given the lack of trails I think our guide spent a little extra time telling us about the history of the area and the mining in the area, or maybe he just liked share the information --- we were out an hour longer than scheduled.

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This is the tour vehicle, a pickup truck with a modified back to sit 12 people.

Some of the beautiful views we saw today.

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This is an active gold mine.

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This is a disintegrating hammer mill. There were six layers of "hammers" that crushed the rock into a gravel size pieces.

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This is the same waterfall but from a distance.

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Two types of Indian Paintbrush.

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Snowball fight! The 2 young lads on the tour wanted to see snow, so the guide found us some snow.

Some photos of Ouray. It's a cute little town.

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A mountain view from the highway near Ridgway.