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Caribou Colorado Ghost town
Caribou was the site of a very large and prosperous Silver mine. The first time I visited the site, about 30 years ago, a cabin was still standing in the valley below the site. I remember it is because that was the first time I saw a snow escape hatch or "Snow Chimney".
Some summer
Some Winter
A viewer writes - I ran into your website. I found it interesting that your pictures only show the remains of one stone building. In the mid-1990s there were definitely more. We hiked from the Rainbow Lakes campsite to Caribou and were caught by a thunderstorm just as we arrived. We hid in the remains of one building that still had a partial roof. It had several rooms and a large frame of a window that faced down the valley. (Sketches of that building with the window can be seen in Stampede to Timberline.) We watched lighting strike down the valley through that window. I have pictures of the building.
Photos 2002
Rocky Mountain Profiles Colorado Ghost Towns and Colorado Photos – Niwot Colorado