Boreas - Colorado Ghost Town

BOREAS

NAME: Boreas
COUNTY: Summitt
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 2
CLIMATE: Cold winter with snow, cool summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: Just west of Denver.
REMAINS: Many original buildings.

Boreas was a station on the Boreas Pass Route running from Como to Breckenridge. Named for the Greek God of the North Wind, this perilous trail ran up to 11,498 feet and had fierce winds and 4.5% grades. There were many other stops on this pass; Farnum, Bakers Pass, Bacon, Halfway, and Peabody's.	Old Boreas station Courtesy Dolores Steele Borneas Courtesy Dolores Steele Cabin Courtesy Dolores Steele Grave found out behind the station Courtesy Dolores Steele Boreas Courtesy James Montoya Boreas Courtesy James Montoya Boreas Courtesy James Montoya Boreas Courtesy James Montoya Boreas Courtesy James Montoya Boreas Courtesy James Montoya Boreas Courtesy James Montoya

Boreas was a station on the Boreas Pass Route running from Como to Breckenridge. Named for the Greek God of the North Wind, this perilous trail ran up to 11,498 feet and had fierce winds and 4.5% grades. There were many other stops on this pass; Farnum, Bakers Pass, Bacon, Halfway, and Peabody's.

Old Boreas station
Courtesy Dolores Steele

Borneas
Courtesy Dolores Steele

Cabin
Courtesy Dolores Steele

Grave found out behind the station
Courtesy Dolores Steele

Boreas
Courtesy James Montoya

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