Doug Hayes
@doughayes
Boulder, Colorado
Looking down at Paris Mill, west of Alma, Colorado, from a mine at the upper end of an aerial tramway that once transported ore down to the mill. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
In the mountains north of Black Hawk, Colorado, a bright wild rose opens its petals to the world next to a faded one from an older generation. #colorado #flowers #photography
The shafthouse that once contained machinery for the hoist is completely flat, but the headframe at this mine near Leadville, Colorado looks like it will endure for many years to come. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
Nearly fifteen years after several fires burned in Poudre Canyon, west of Fort Collins, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
This cart was used to transport ore down a steep slope on wooden rails from a mine near Montezuma, Colorado, and it looks like it was custom made just for that purpose. #colorado #artifacts #history #photography
Just below Chasm Lake on the eastern slopes of 14,251 foot Longs Peak, near Longmont, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
This is the main building of a homestead and sawmill northwest of Lyons, Colorado, which seems to have been constructed out of scraps from the mill. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
On the north side of Chalk Creek Pass, near Salida, Colorado. doughayes.pages.dev/photospheres #colorado #scenery #photography #photosphere
A mine structure and steam boiler built into the side of a cliff south of Vail, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
Looking east, towards Buena Vista, Colorado from the Continental Divide. #colorado #scenery #photography doughayes.pages.dev/photospheres
This cabin near Silver Plume, Colorado had three rooms, each with its own really short door to the outside. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
The plains east of Fort Collins, Colorado are mostly flat and grassy, but the monotony is occasionally broken by cliffs and buttes, with junipers growing in their shadows. #colorado #scenery #photography
This steam boiler, at a mine in the mountains west of Boulder, Colorado, was surrounded by a brick firebox when it was in use, but a hundred years of erosion and weather have swept away most of the bricks and the ground has been slowly swallowing the boiler. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
I don't think I've ever seen a Ptarmigan without first almost stepping on it, and while I'm sure it wasn't the only one living on 12,376 foot Sheep Mountain, north of Leadville, Colorado, I probably didn't see the others because I didn't walk around enough. #colorado #birds #photography
When I first found this cabin near Nederland, Colorado it was in such good condition that I thought it had been restored, but even then the roof was starting to fail, and it finally did shortly before this photo was taken. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
Descending into a narrow canyon on a hot day near Dinosaur, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
This building seems to have been associated with a nearby railroad in the mountains west of Boulder, Colorado, and was particularly well built considering its remote location. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
In the Pawnee Grassland, east of Fort Collins, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
This strange building near Black Hawk, Colorado encloses a mine headframe and hoist with the bare minimum of effort and materials. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
In the La Garita Wilderness north of Creede, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
Plowing through fresh, deep snow was the best part of a long hike up a secluded valley south of Georgetown, Colorado. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #photography
This building is right next to a road in Roxborough State Park, west of Denver, Colorado, but it took a second hike past it in the fall for me to notice that there was something interesting hidden in the trees. #colorado #ruins #history #scenery #photography
These interesting rock outcroppings southwest of Lake City, Colorado practically demand to be explored more closely, but due to the steepness of the slope and their nearly 13,000 foot elevation, just standing and staring is preferable. #colorado #scenery #photography
This spacious wash house at an abandoned homestead northwest of Lyons, Colorado was situated near spring, and had rudimentary plumbing to heat and distribute the water. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
While the clouds may have obscured an otherwise breathtaking view, being surrounded by them made the climb to the top of 13,132 foot Mount Flora, which is south of Winter Park, Colorado, a far more interesting experience. #colorado #scenery #photography
There are broken ore carts, usually with their wheels nowhere to be found, near almost every mine, but this one near Eldora, Colorado was completely intact, and still sitting on its tracks. #colorado #artifacts #history #photography