Gold Camp Road

[ymaify]

awsome place to go!ive never taken my horses but i have taken my kids and doggy.great video

[bd189]

i believe the partially collapsed tunnel shown at around 2:14 into the video plus 2 others collapsed due to the siesmic activity caused by the blasting out of cheyenne mountain when NORAD was being built

[BlackbirdSpecOps]

Gold Camp Road was built in the 1890's for a narrow gauge railroad to connect Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek mining district, about 20 air miles to the west. The road is about 25 miles long over its entire length. The Cripple Creek area was one of the richest gold producers in history, yielding 5 or 10 billion dollars in ore, adjusted to recent prices. Eventually, the railroad was scrapped and the road bed was converted to vehicle use.

[bigdave46148]

actually it was standered gauge. the only narrow gauge into cripple creek was the florance and cripple creek rr.

[BlackbirdSpecOps]

Thanks, I inadvertently put narrow gauge.  Standard rail was used.

[TorgHenderson]

Aha! I found it! Jorgen Ingmann is the artist for this particular version of "Apache" Jorgen Ingmann.

Torg

[carolcrisp]

Thanks for checking into that!

[killmax01]

The song is Apache but I don't know who did your version. It has been re-made and re-mixed by as many and varied artists as there are notes to the song. The latest version of the song, that I'm aware of, is by a HipHop/rapster called Sir Mix-A-Lot under the name "Jump on it." Good in it's own right but not nearly as good as the version you found. Thanks for the memories from Gold Camp Road.

Native Coloradoian,

Torg

[killmax01]

Umm...Killmax01 is my son's login. Sorry.

[bethel98]

These are great pictures of a road I wish I had traveled when I lived in Colorado Springs, but never did. Thanks for the cool song (what is that tune?) and the very nice ride.

[carolcrisp]

Thanks for the comment! Not sure what this song is, found it on an old CD of classic 60s tunes, but not titles or artist, I loved the western feel to it.

[jrossvideo]

Interesting to see what it looks like since cars have been off that part for a long time.

[carolcrisp]

thanks for the comment. I have never driven on it but have people tell me it is one of there strongest memories.

[Aargbleh]

This is at Gold Camp Road. There are three tunnels on this road somewhere- they are haunted. ;)