Silver Thread Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway

Silver Thread Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway

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All Photos (17)

  • Silver Thread Scenic Byway Colorado

    Black Jeep, driving down a dirt road, in front of historic mine structures. Aspen trees with yellow
    leaves in the background and ponderosa pine trees in the foreground.

  • Silver Thread

    The curvy paved road of the Silver Thread Scenic Byway approaching North Clear Creek Falls during the fall.

  • Fall Colors Between South Fork and Creede

    Denver & RIo Grande Rail Road bridge over the Rio Grande River during the fall.

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  • Sunrise at Wagon Wheel Gap

    Sunrise over the Rio Grande River during the winter at Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado.

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  • Fly Fishing on the Rio

    A man fly fishing during the fall on the Rio Grande River in South Fork, Colorado.

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  • Catholic Church

    Catholic Church in the Creede Cemetary during the spring.

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  • Creede

    View of Creede from the "Up and Over" hiking trail just north of Creede during the summer.

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  • Historic Downtown Creede

    Historic image of Downtown Creede during the 1890s with people in the street and the cliffs in the background.

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  • Bachelor Amethyst Mine

    Amethyst Mine structure along the Bachelor Loop during the fall with yellow-leaved Aspens in the background.

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  • Bachelor Loop Commodore Mine

    A car driving down the Bachelor Loop Tour during the fall with the Commodore Mine Structure in the background.

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  • Car Show

    Cruisin' the Canyon Car Show participants driving their cars along the Silver Thread Scenic Byway on the way to North Clear Creek Falls during September.

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  • North Clear Creek Falls

    North Clear Creek Fall during the summer.

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  • Spring Creek Pass

    View of Uncompahgre Peak during the fall from Spring Creek Pass, Colorado

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  • Uncompahgre Peak & Friends

    Uncompahgre Peak and neighboring mountain peaks visible from the Silver Thread Scenic and Historic Byway approaching the Alferd Packer Massacre Site

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  • Silver Thread Byway

    June sunset over Uncompahgre Peak with the Silver Thread Scenic and Historic Byway in the foreground.

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  • LC Downtown 1877

    Historic photo of Downtown Lake City circa 1877 with men posing in front of the bank and their horse team waiting.

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  • LC

    Modern-day downtown Lake City during a pink sunset with cars parked in front of the bank.

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