Taking a dip in Turquoise Lake

Old Malta Little Red Schoolhouse ~ Leadville ~ Summer Glow

Old Malta Little Red School House

If one thing spells charm,

It's the beautiful little 

red school house in Malta,

just outside of Leadville.

You can read 

it's history

here

Panning for Gold ~ California Gulch ~ Leadville Colorado ~ Strike it Rich?

California Gulch 

Looking for a strike?

Or simply an afternoon 

of fun with the kiddos?

Panning for gold,

though not my idea

of the ideal job,

is the perfectly, touristy

thing to do when visiting Colorado.

I have no idea how someone could dedicate their life to such back breaking work...

but gold panning does make for an afternoon of fun.

Snowshoeing the Leadville Mineral Belt Trail ~ Bridges and the Miners Sauna

 

Mineral Belt Trail

 

 

Just imagine

 

a long

 

hard

 

day.

 

Stuck underground.

 

digging for gold,

 

on a cold winter day...

 

and then visiting

 

the local miner's sauna afterward.

 

I'm sure this hidden treasure,

 

was just the

 

thing,

 

for soothing those

 

overworked muscles.

 

Miners had a tough life.

Snowshoeing the Leadville Mineral Belt Trail ~ Snow Covered Mining History

Mineral Belt Trail

In addition 

to the beautiful scenery

amazing landscape,

and exhilarating excercize,

snowshoeing the Mineral Belt

provides an incredible opportunity

to see some of the rugid

rustic mining

architecture of days gone by.

Showshoeing ~ Mineral Belt Trail ~ Leadville Colorado

 

Mineral Belt Trail

 

 

 

Snowshoeing is

 

one of the

 

truly great

 

wintertime activities.

 

It's something a whole family can enjoy.

 

Even our half pint hiked for a while.

 

When she got tired, her dad and grandpa

 

took turns

 

carrying her.

 

Love those warm winter days in Colorado.  There's nothing like them.