I first passed through RGS Country in late Summer, 1966 -

It was raining hard, and construction of the new highway over Lizard Head Pass had made a two- or three-mile-long mudhole of the old road that I was lucky not to get stuck in.  I went back two years later when the weather was MUCH better, and hiked in to and around the Butterfly Trestle from some­where near Ames: *


By the time I moved to Telluride in October, 1972, the Butterfly Trestle was gone.  According to locals, the owner of the nearby Butterfly Mine – once served by a short spur near the upper end of the trestle, IIRC – had knocked it down to "salvage" the timbers to brace his tunnels . . .    

- GRAMPS

* Apologies for re-posting these fuzzy old pics — I need to find the original slides and re-scan & enhance them.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/04/2023 09:35PM by Russo Loco.