コロラドの山小屋＆キャビン・トップ19

This is the only wooden shelter along the Colorado Trail. The floor is just dirt, but you can use it as a nice spot to take a break or to get out of the rain. There is plenty of room for camping next to the shelter.

A famous stop along the Continental Divide for hikers and bikers, it still feels like surprising oasis when arriving at Brush Mountain Ranch. Affordable accommodations and camping options. But even worth a stop during the heat of the day just to charge electronics, use the Wi-Fi (as there is poor phone coverage all along the valley) and eating endless pizza and fresh cherries, while Kristin the owner offers cold beer. Meeting place for many cool Divide cyclists.

Whoever lived here in Little Willis Gulch had a very idyllic front yard. ;) Next to the remains of the old cabin, there is tons of space for camping and good access to a small creek.

Francie's Cabin is one of five backcountry huts managed by the Summit Huts Association. You can book either a bunk bed or even the entire hut and a spend a cozy night close to the Crystal Lake Basin. Besides several bedrooms, a kitchen and fireplace, there is even a sauna! Prices and details can be found right here: https://summithuts.org/francies-cabin.

The North Rim Ranger Station is opened irregularly in the summertime. During the wintertime, it is closed. It offers a self-pay station for the park entrance fee, a self-registration kiosk for wilderness payments (when the Ranger Station is closed), and there's an offering of maps, information, a picnic shelter, a toilet, and a water fountain.

John Frazer had been a miner in Black Hawk, Colorado before he came to these meadows in 1869 to homestead. For furniture, he only had a pot-bellied stove, a table, and two chairs. He slept on a bedroll on the floor with his feet towards the stove for warmth. Frazer’s died in 1894 while hauling logs to trade for sugar and salt. One of the logs rolled over him in a freak accident that crushed his skull and killed him.

John Frazer had been a miner in Black Hawk, Colorado before he came to these meadows in 1869 to homestead. For furniture, he only had a pot-bellied stove, a table, and two chairs. He slept on a bedroll on the floor with his feet towards the stove for warmth. Frazer’s died in 1894 while hauling logs to trade for sugar and salt. One of the logs rolled over him in a freak accident that crushed his skull and killed him.

Boreas Pass tops out at 11,481 feet and connects Como to Breckenridge. Boareas Pass was the nation's highest narrow-gauge railroad, running from 1872 to 1938. The pass was then converted to an automobile route in 1952.