Colorado Jeep Tours – Gold Belt Tour – Needle’s Eye Tunnel, Colorado

Embark on a Jeep tour of the Gold Belt Scenic Byway. Follow the Cripple Creek and Florence Railroad route, past abandoned mines and a state-of-the-art open-pit gold mine still in use today.

EXPERIENCE:

Meet your guide and set off on a scenic drive along the Gold Belt Tour Scenic Byway. Stop for lunch in Victor, Colorado. Continue your journey along an old stagecoach road which has been described as “a rough and rugged, backcountry, mountainous drive for the adventuresome.”

Listen as your guide shares stories about the area and points out views like “Eye of the needle” rock, Indian petroglyphs, and keep a trained eye out for Colorado’s plentiful wildlife. Stop by Garden Park where fossil hunters and scientists have been digging for dinosaur remains since 1877.

The Marsh and Cleveland Quarries in Garden Park are known for the first complete skeletons of Stegosaurus and Allosaurus which are now exhibited in the Denver Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. Enjoy the changing colors of the Aspens from varying greens, golds, and reds.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

See the world’s 4th largest gold mine and learn about its history
Stop for lunch in the historic town of Victor, Colorado
Admire the changing colors of the Aspens during the autumn
Learn about the area’s history and see Indian petroglyphs

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