Episode 23: Silverton, Colorado

Silverton is a quaint, lovingly restored former mining community deep in Colorado's rugged San Juan Mountains. Here you'll find a less spoiled Colorado, where the town's welcoming Greene Street is surrounded by mining ruins, ghost towns and strikingly beautiful off-road driving. Come explore Silverton with us on this Kitchen Table Trips episode of Grand Adventure! We'll find relaxing boondocking while camped in the National Forest next to the bubbling waters of Mineral Creek, see the historic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, ride a mine train into a former gold mine deep in Galena Mountain, and take a 4x4 excursion to the ghost town of Animas Forks at a lofty 11,200 feet.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

• Silverton Chamber of Commerce http://silvertoncolorado.com
• Colorado Tourism http://colorado.com
• Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad http://www.durangotrain.com
• Old Hundred Gold Mine Tour http://minetour.com
• Alpine Loop map https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5286478.pdf

CAMPSITE:

• https://goo.gl/maps/9Lmkto9pPAS2
• https://www.campendium.com/sultan-camping-area

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CREDITS

• All music in this episode is open source and obtained from the YouTube Audio Library http://YouTube.com/audiolibrary, or licensed from Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com or Soundstripe http://SoundStripe.com.
• Train b-roll provided by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.
• Photo of the Million Dollar Highway just south of Ouray is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
  Author: Eleaf
• Photo of downtown Silverton is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
  Author: John S. Hirth
• Photo of U.S. 550 at the Uncompahgre Gorge is open source and authored by Reinhard Schön.
• All other photography and cinematography is our own.

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Grand Adventure is the creative video outlet for Marc Guido, a 50-something outdoors enthusiast who first added an RV to his gear bag in spring 2017. Outside of ski season he travels the U.S. in his fifth wheel RV trailer with his lovely wife Patricia, and their overly-caffeinated Labrador retriever Zoe. During winter, they base their RV in Salt Lake City for the skiing.