Marble, Colorado
We take a short drive to Marble this morning to meet up with Smitty at Crystal River Jeep Tours for an off-road tour of the Lead King Basin and the old mining town of Crystal. Leaving Marble we climb to around 12000 feet on old mining trails that are only passable using four wheel drive, mountain bikes or on foot. We drive through alpine meadows full of Columbine and Aspen catching sight of waterfalls created by melting snowfields up at more than 14000 feet. As w...