It’s near where we went in 2008 on the Veteran’s Day Trek.
No hike today: We went via a CSU Bus
to the beautiful Pingree Park Conference area and learning center for CSU’s forestry students. We didn’t hike up to the B17 crash site this time; We just took a tour of the many buildings at the park and took in the fall colors.
A member of the Warnar College of Natural Resources
tells us how we could become involved in the many activities at the “mountain campus”, including music and painting workshops not to mention getting lost on the miles and miles of hiking trails.
Taxidermy in the museum
among other things. I haven’t posted a picture of a stuffed cat in a while, so here it is.
The Cold Storage
is one of the buildings on this site. George Pingree first came here to cut down trees for making railroad ties in 1868 then the Ramsey and Konig families homesteaded the area and built a number of log structures.
Kiddie cemetary
Some of the Konig kids didn’t make it through the harsh winters here. They were buried in the plot with lamb markers (now placed upon cinder blocks for easier viewing).
The Colors!
The park is a little over 9,000 feet in elevation so we were able to catch an early glimpse of what to expect down below in FoCo in the next week or so.