Silverton-Animas Forks Area (July 19-22, 2013)
In between day hiking, we spent a bit of time wandering around Silverton. It doesn’t take too long! As a tourist town, the destination for the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge, you find the expected tourist kitsch. Also some history from the area’s mining pass. Not far away is the ghost town of Animas Forks, interesting for it's decaying buildings and mining equipment.
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