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
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April 1 – Snowshoe Trip to Mountain Pride Mill and Mystery Site
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April 29 – Hugo Roundhouse and Aroya Ghost Town
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May 20 – Huerfano County: Badito, Tioga, and Alamo
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May 27 – Snowshoe Trip to Mayflower
Trip has been postponed – date to be announced soon!
May 31 – Plains Conservation Center – Trip is Full!
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June 24 – Lamartine
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July 1-4 – Summitville and Bachelor Loop
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August 12 – Summit County: Delaware City, Jesse Mine, Extension Mine, Jumbo Mine and Preston
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September 1-4 – TBD
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October 29 – Cemetery Crawl: Bald Mountain and Central City
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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: “Clinton Gulch” by GTC member Jason Messing
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