15 August, Saturday

FOG-FOG Woke in the morning and the entire valley was socked in with fog. But, thank goodness, by 830 it was rapidly starting to burn off and proved to be a very nice day. Today we have three rigs to head into the hills. We had opted to take Ophir Pass to the west connecting up with highway 145 into Telluride. The trail was extremely scenic with a few rough spots that had washed out during the winter. At Telluride we went to the city park for our lunch break. Then, after eating, we headed out the north side of town towards the Tom Boy mine remains and Imogene pass. The summit of the pass is 13, 373 feet. Being Saturday, the trail was busy in both directions. The weather was great, but as we approached the summit the wind began to blow. Going down the other side we connected with the Yankee Boy trail, (we will do that later) and proceeded into Ouray and back to Silverton.

A relaxing social hour was held and then dinner at the Pickle Barrel, a great prime rib place.