For many club members, field trips are a highlight of membership. We get to know each other, laugh and have a great time while exploring our beautiful state, and one of our most vulnerable cultural resources, ghost towns. Typically, our own members plan, organize, and lead field trips to historic sites.
Field trips occur often, and typically there is at least one a month, or more in the temperate seasons. Our excursions take many forms, from leisurely drives to hard-core four-wheel adventures. Hikes also occur often, and can be easy day hikes all the way to cross country snowshoeing in the winter months. Lastly, we’ve also taken longer tours, traveling to several states and parts of Canada, visiting significant ghost towns, historical sites, monuments, national parks, and local historians along the way.
2023 FIELD TRIPS
March 18 – The Argo Mill and Stanley Mine (TRIP IS FULL)
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April 1 – Snowshoe Trip to Mountain Pride Mill and Mystery Site
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April 29 – Aroya and Hugo Roundhouse
Trip Itinerary-TBD
May 20 – Coal Mining Ghost Towns of Huerfano County: Badito, Tioga, and Alamo
Trip Itinerary-TBD
July 1-4 – Summitville & The Bachelor Loop
Trip Itinerary-TBD
August 12 – Townsite of Delaware City and Ghost Town of Preston
Trip Itinerary-TBD
September 1-4 – Alpine Loop & Carson
Trip Itinerary-TBD
Join us for a Field Trip!
We invite you to attend one of our field trips to learn more about us! Please contact us for more information!
Note: When visiting historic town sites, mines, mills and other areas, hazardous conditions may be present. These hazards include but are not limited to conditions of deteriorated buildings, equipment and chemicals at abandoned mine workings, natural hazards such as rivers, streams, cliffs, steep slopes, and other hazards which are all part of the activities engaged in by the Ghost Town Club of Colorado.
Header Image Credit (Ashcroft): GTC member Tom Caldwell
Ghost Town Club of Colorado 