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The trail as it passes near the Matchless Mine, north of Leadville. The Mineral Belt National Recreation Trail is an 11.6 mile all-season biking/walking trail that loops around Leadville, Colorado, and through its historic mining district. The trail's setting is quintessentially Colorado Rocky Mountain landscape.
Leadville, circa 1880, with the Eighth Avenue Motel in center of photo, and mining works visible on hill beyond Leadville. Painted bird's eye view of Leadville, 1882. Leadville was founded in 1877 by mine owners Horace Tabor and August Meyer at the start of the Colorado Silver Boom. Tabor's house was also built in 1877, at 116 E. 5th Street. [17]
The Holy Cross Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in San Isabel and White River national forests near Leadville, Minturn, Avon, Edwards, Eagle, and Vail.The 122,797-acre (496.94 km 2) wilderness with 164 miles (264 km) of trails was established in 1980.
Hayden Ranch Headquarters is located near Leadville, Colorado and is an example of early high country agricultural operations. Colorado Mountain College currently owns the property. A 35 acres (14 ha) portion of the original ranch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
The High Mountain Institute is founded in Leadville, Colorado in 1995 by Christopher Barnes and Molly Peterson--soon to be Molly Peterson Barnes. [1] The couple had met as wilderness instructors at Deer Hill Expeditions and spent the early 1990s working in independent schools including the Orme School and outdoor education organizations including the National Outdoor Leadership School.
In 1994, Fritz Howard founded Eggplant, an outdoor clothing company. Due to a copyright dispute, the company was renamed Melanzana, the Italian word for eggplant . The brand's first storefront in Leadville opened in 1997; operations were moved to a space on the town's historic Harrison Avenue in 2008.
Opened as Cooper Hill Ski Area in 1942, the ski area served as the training site for the 10th Mountain Division, based at nearby Camp Hale during World War II. [1] The resort is owned by Lake County and managed by Cooper Hill Ski Area, a 501(c)4 nonprofit with a volunteer board. Dan Torsell has served as the general manager since 2012. [2]
It is 30,540 acres (123.6 km 2) in size, with 27,980 acres (113.2 km 2) in San Isabel National Forest and 2,560 acres (10.4 km 2) in Leadville National Fish Hatchery, and it was designated by the US Congress in 1980. The name comes from Mount Massive, the second highest peak in Colorado, located inside the wilderness. Elevations in the ...