Heading north on Hwy 40 out of Winter Park, thru Fraser and Tabernash, turn on CO Hwy 55 - just a few
miles before reaching Granby. You will find yourself on a well-packed gravel road almost immediately. This road is the actual stagecoach route used in the late
1800's over Cottonwood Pass to Hot Sulphur Springs. You find yourself traveling back in time as you wind your way along rolling farmland and up the gradual grade
to the pass.
As you near the top of Cottonwood Pass, is this two building farm complex. At least, it looks like a barn and farmhouse to me. The views here were awesome and one
can only imagine what was going on here - especially since there were remnants of a beautiful piano between the buildings (next photo). Was this a stop for the stagecoach?
Were passengers entertained while enjoying the view? Were the owners raising cattle on these hills? Oh the stories these logs could tell!
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