This was a really fun place to visit for me and one I’ve been trying to get to for some time. Weather makes it hard to get to most of the year, and you have to climb up to the mining camp at 12,200 ft elevation.
On the way up
A few mines are scattered around this alpine lake, but I visited the old mills and the mining camp. (The mines are gated, anyway.)
The mining camp of Silver Lake is stretched out on a sandy beach with mining debris everywhere. The Iowa is down at the far end of the lake.
