Gold & Silver Triangle Getaway

5 Days, 4 Nights with Colorado State Historian Duane Vandenbusche

Join The Crested Butte Museum for a five-day journey throughout the “Colorado Gold and Silver Triangle” for a tour exploring historic and geologic sites with historian Duane Vandenbusche and geologist Steve Jenkins.

Learn about mining, the landscapes, and more on this educational tour that visits Leadville, Georgetown, Blackhawk, Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Marble and many sites in between.

This tour includes transportation, all accommodations, all tour and activity fees, a field note booklet, and select meals throughout the trip. All proceeds help support the Crested Butte Museum.

Highlights
● Take a ride on the Monarch Tram and enjoy the spectacular, 360 degree views of five mountain ranges in the Rocky Mountains that will leave you speechless.
● Climb aboard the Georgetown Loop Narrow Gauge Railroad and travel back in time to discover the rugged romance of the Colorado Rockies in the 1880s.
● Experience the wonder of ingenuity, technology, and entrepreneurial spirit that is the Argo Mill & Tunnel in Idaho Springs
● Visit the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park and learn of it’s history, including the role it played in the movie “The Shining”
● Travel through Rocky Mountain National Park, 54 miles of spectacular scenery from Estes Park to Grand Lake
● Take the “O My God Road” from Idaho Springs to legendary gold mining town of Central City and visit the famous Opera House
● Explore the world renowned Marble mill site that produced marble that was used in the construction of the Lincoln Memorial and in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as well as a host of significant buildings in Oregon, California, and Colorado.

Exclusive for Museum Members – Enjoy a private dinner with Duane Vandenbusche at Red’s Resturant in Redstone, CO