 The San Juans are packed with historic mining and ghost towns, mill ruins, and thousands of mine shafts. Below we head out from Animas Forks.  Note: UTV/ATV's no longer allowed to operate in Silverton. You can still park outside town and walk the half mile to lunch. Our starting point was Ironton Park on US550, exactly 8.1 miles from Ride-N in Ouray. This starting point leads us up Corkscrew Gulch, and then down to the outskirts of Silverton via SJCR2 about an hour later.  Coming around the corner on San Juan County Rd. 99, it's a feeling of sheer exhilaration. We head down into Treasure Mountain and onto CR 2.  It doesn't get much better than this!
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