While in Silverton, we took part in San Juan Backcountry's 4-Hour Guided UTV Tour and it was a great way to see Silverton, a ghost town, and the beautiful mountain surroundings.
The San Juan Backcountry Silverton office is on Silverton's main Greene Street, just west of Thee Pitts Again and the World's Highest Harley Store.
The town of Silverton has routes marked even on Greene Street where ATVs and UTVs are allowed and our guide led us to the edge of town and we quickly got up close and personal with the surrounding beauty as these photographs taken just outside of downtown on County Road 2 indicate.
Much of the trails we would take were on or just off the Alpine Loop.
We rode past the entrance and parking lot for the Old Hundred Gold Mine Tour on County Road 4 until we came to a small scenic waterfall.
At the waterfall, we turned around and headed back to County Road 2 and the main portion of the Alpine Loop.
We rode up Minnie Gulch to a beautiful overlook pull-off.
We returned to County Road 2 from the Minnie Gulch trail and saw some interesting sites on that "main road."
Our next stop was the ghost town of Animas Forks.
The view from Animas Forks is impressive.
Cinammon Pass is not far from Animas Forks, but it's at a much higher elevation and the ride on the trail to there was far more "white-knuckled" than the "Million Dollar Highway" we had driven earlier that day.
As we approached Cinammon Pass, we went above the treeline and it was a mix of snow and dirt.
Cinammon Pass is at 12,620 feet.
The UTV and we were dirty when the tour was done, but it was great fun!
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