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A short side trip off Colorado 145 near Ophir will take you to the site of Alta. Alta was a small settlement, merely a mining camp, not a town. A number of buildings remain at the site however, and the views from Alta and the lakes themselves are truly beautiful.
Traveling north on Colorado 145 about ½ mile north of Ophir, take the dirt road off to the right. Follow this road up through the forest to the site of Alta. The largest structure is the boarding house, built in 1939 from materials formerly used at the old St. Louis boarding house located up Gold King Basin. Remains of employee houses, the old transformer house, company store, mill and tramway house can be found at the site.
Alta Lakes Trail Information:
http://www.narrowgauge.org/4x4/html/alta_lake.html
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