{"id":14111,"date":"2025-08-15T09:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/?p=14111"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:37:35","slug":"colorado-part-3-tin-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/colorado-part-3-tin-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Part 3: Tin Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I made two trips into the old mining town of Tin Cup, one over Cumberland Pass and the other over Tin Cup Pass. I am combining both trips into one post, so be ready for a load of photos! (Note: Most signs have “Tin Cup” as two words while other references spell it as one word. I will use the two word version.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pam and I had mad a trip to Tin Cup decades ago, in our early years of living in Colorado. I was interested to see what had happened to the town since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first trip was over Cumberland Pass, a previously county maintained road that has fallen into official disuse but is still quite actively used by off-road travelers. It is not a difficult trail and offers scenic views of the Rockies. And, common with these old roads, there is old mining activity along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some photos of this outing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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East side of Cumberland Pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Spectacular views of the Rockies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Old mine camp along the route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Abandoned mine shaft along the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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“The Griz” at Cumberland Pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tin Cup is now a happening place with many rebuilt cabins, a store, and a restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Just entering town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Community center. Note the stop sign!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Restaurant has a trout pond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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My $20 mushroom burger lunch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Route sign in Tin Cup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I returned to my starting point, the town of Pitkin, and then back to the lot for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days later I resolved to make another trip to Tin Cup, this time by going to the town of St. Elmo and over Tin Cup Pass. Again, this is a scenic trip with mining activity in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Along Main Street of St. Elmo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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St. Elmo cabins are now summer retreats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pass goes over the top of this range<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Recent corduroy repairs to the trail are very rough<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Trail goes along the edge of Mirror Lake through the water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Taking a selfie at the top of Tincup Pass (Tincup as one word, not two.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For me, trips like these are the reasons I enjoy Colorado so much. Mining history, ATV trails, long scenic views, and ghost towns that are now making a comeback; I enjoy it all. I put 138 miles on the ATV during my two weeks this time, a record for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I was away from Elma there were things happening, and I will cover those in my next post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pam’s Penny<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pam says this post is long enough already and she does not have any additional comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s Humor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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I made two trips into the old mining town of Tin Cup, one over Cumberland Pass and the other over Tin Cup Pass. I am combining both trips into one post, so be ready for a load of photos! (Note: Most signs have “Tin Cup” as two words while other references spell it as one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14111"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14176,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14111\/revisions\/14176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}