I Went Up Into The Mountains Yesterday

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222) 04/06/2015 at 20:03 • Filed to: colorful colorado

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I went up Nevadaville Road in Central City, Colorado. That is the old Coeur D'Alene Mining road. Half way up is a ghost town adjacent to the mine that is slowly falling down the mountain. I went with my uncle who is a film photographer and a Rabbi, he is in town from San Fransisco. Here are some photos of the beautiful scenery:

These photos were taken by me:

And these were taken by my uncle:

My Uncle got a photo of me taking a photo:

It is my favorite road in all of Colorado. I would say that everybody should drive that road at least once. The entrance to the road is almost a completely vertical grade, its lots of fun going up.

Getting to Nevadaville is a beautiful drive as well, but its so high up that my engine bogged down to the point where I couldnt go faster than 65mph. If you go up there, bring a turbo or a large displacement engine.

Alex from Toronto > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 04/06/2015 at 21:08

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You got 3 people in a ranger?

Great pictures Btw.

computiNATEor > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 04/06/2015 at 21:36

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Breathtakingly beautiful! To a guy living in SoCal, where the water levels are at a record low, this looks like the tropics!

Racescort666 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 04/06/2015 at 21:41

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These are awesome dude! Thanks for sharing. One of my favorite past times from college was driving around to some of the old mining towns and old equipment. Very cool.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Alex from Toronto 04/06/2015 at 22:23

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I actually have 5 seatbelts in my truck, but on this trip it was just my uncle and I

HammerheadFistpunch > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 04/07/2015 at 01:55

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fun fact; its not physically possibly to have a vertical grade, since grade is rise over run. Vertical grade is either 1/0 which doesnt work or infinity/1 which doesnt work.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > HammerheadFistpunch 04/07/2015 at 02:21

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I know its not possible, I was just trying to give a verbal illustration of how steep it is. You cant really describe it, you just have to be there

HammerheadFistpunch > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 04/07/2015 at 02:25

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ah but did you know im stupid tired but can't sleep because of a cough?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > HammerheadFistpunch 04/07/2015 at 02:28

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First of all, great wording, made me laugh. And second, No I did not and I hope you feel better. Have this awesome thing that I found on the internet to aid in your recovery: