Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Lu Lu City

 July 14, 2012

The Lu Lu City trail starts at the Colorado River Trailhead in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Colorado River Trailhead

I will be honest... The only reason we did this hike is because I was told you were likely to see moose near the end of the trail.  We did not, and without seeing moose I found this trail just so-so.  Nothing spectacular.





The hike is 7.4 miles round trip and I would consider it easy for the distance.  The only tip I have is get to the trailhead early!  The parking lot was nearly full when we got there and we are very early starters.

The trail takes you to the site of Lu Lu City, once home to 200 residents with high hopes of finding enough silver to make it big.  Needless to say, that never pannned out and by 1884, just four years after plans were made to build the city, it was abandoned.

Site of Lu Lu City

Now the only remnants of the city are a few logs and mining machinery left behind.  Personally, I wasn't impressed by what we saw along the hike.  Below is the picture of the only log cabin along the way, and I think we saw a rusty mining cart, but really there wasn't much to see.
Shipler Mine




Once you get to Lu Lu City the view opens up and it is really quite pretty.  We found the perfect log on the shore of the Colorado River to sit and eat lunch before the hike back.  We also ran into some small wildlife friends along the way.



Marmot Friend

Chipmunk Friend




Colorado River


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