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Originally Posted by KC911
Still ingrained in my memory from 4 decades ago....leaving CS, following an old AAA map (where they laid out the route)....a "highway" to Cripple Creek....or not  . One of the most scenic, neck stretching (looking up) trips I'd ever had...I was used to the Smokey Hills....couldn't call them old ranges mountains any longer  . |
Yes, Canyon City to Cripple Creek is a nice drive, some unpaved but doable in a rental car. Not really a ghost town however.
With the current real estate market - I'm not sure there are any ghost towns in the front range of CO anymore.