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Jeep Tours
Nova Guides offers Guided Jeep Tours. Visit their website for details and pricing.
Take a drive to Leadville elevation 10,430 and take a step back into Colorado's history. You can tour the National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum, take a ride on the Leadville, Colorado & Southern Railroad, shop for antiques and mineral specimens, fish in Turquoise Lake or the Arkansas River, play an inexpensive round of golf or shoot trap at the Leadville Rod and Gun Club. Leadville has lots of reasonable restaurants, campgrounds, and hotels. Stop by the visitor center in the center of town and get all the info. From Vail go west on I-70 to exit #171 and head south on Rt.24 through Minturn on a scenic 30-mile drive over the Continental Divide. You can also continue on through Leadville on Rt.24 then take Rt. 82 over Independence Pass alive. 12,000 ft. to Aspen. Rt. 82 Continues through Aspen back to Glenwood Springs and then I-70 takes you back to Vail.
For more information on driving Colorado's Scenic Byways visit the Great Out Doors and Recreation Pages. This link will take you to their page on Colorado Scenic Byways and Recreational Drives.
Rock Climbing
· Wolcott Boulders at the BLM campground on Rt.6 Three large bolders offer a good place to practice and if you're camping, this may be the place for you and .7 of a mile down the road is Trestle Rock.
· Trestle Rock is halfway between the BLM campground and the Wolcott exit #157. From exit # 157, go less than one mile west on route 6 to a small lot on the north side of the road. Follow the trail down to the river and across the train trestle. Go through the fence and up the embankment to the crag. There are as many as 10 different routes up the cliff face ranging from 5.7 to 5.12.
· Hornsilver's cliffs are located right near the campground of the same name. These 40 foot climbs are steep, technical, and highly praised by local climbers.
· Some of the best ice climbing in Colorado is done on the falls that come off the cliffs that tower over the Vail Golf Course. You can see climbers from I-70 as you drive by in the winter.
· Ice climbing is also very popular in Ten-Mile Canyon, and Glenwood Canyon.
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