Alta - Colorado Ghost Town

ALTA

NAME: Alta
COUNTY: San Miguel
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 7
CLIMATE: Cold Winter, mild summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: Near Telluride.
REMAINS: Some original buildings still standing.

Alta was a small town between Telluride and Rico. A few hundred people lived here at one time. There was a small resurgence of life around world was II and the mill burned in 1948. Vandals and weather have almost completely destroyed this site. Alta Courtesy Dolores Steele Alta Courtesy Dolores Steele Alta Courtesy Dolores Steele Alta Courtesy Kevin Ward Alta Courtesy Kevin Ward Alta Courtesy Kevin Ward Alta Courtesy Kevin Ward Alta Courtesy Kevin Ward Alta Courtesy Kevin Ward	Alta House Courtesy Dolores Steele Mine Manager's house with Bay window Courtesy Dolores Steele Outhouse Courtesy Dolores Steele Boarding House Courtesy Dolores Steele Alta Courtesy Dolores Steele Alta Courtesy Kevin Ward Alta Courtesy Kevin Ward Alta Courtesy Kevin Ward Alta Courtesy Ted Cebula

Alta was a small town between Telluride and Rico. A few hundred people lived here at one time. There was a small resurgence of life around world was II and the mill burned in 1948. Vandals and weather have almost completely destroyed this site.