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Silverton
Silverton, Colorado
Dead-end mining town ringed by 13,000 ft peaks, still with unpaved streets and a steam train.
- Cost
- Free
- Time to allow
- 3 hours
Silverton looks much as it did in the 1900s, with false-fronted saloons and a working narrow gauge train from Durango. It is the hub for old mining roads and ghost towns up the valley. Winter is deep and quiet, summer is lively.
Good to know
- Eat at one of the old saloons on Blair Street
- Check for road conditions on Molas Pass in winter
- Gas is limited late at night
- Open
- Year round
- Getting there
- Paved highway from Ouray or Durango
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Data: Roadtrip. Things change: check opening times, prices and rules before you go.
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