Treasure Mountain

Colorado Waterfall at Treasure Mtn.
Originally uploaded by banj.

This shot was taken at Treasure Mountain just south of Wolf Creek about 50 miles northeast of South Fork Colorado. The story goes like this:

In the late 18th century (or slightly later) a group of 300 French military explorers left Leavenworth, KS (former French territory) to explore this area of the Rocky Mountains we know as southern Colorado. After three years of exploration in which they suffered through sickness, harsh weather conditions and hunger, a group of only 3 soldiers returned to Kansas to tell of great caches of gold found and buried on this particular mountain. Since that time there have been thousands who have combed the mountain in search of the buried treasure.

We came across it by accident and were taken by the natural beauty of the falls. We actually make the climb and spent time in one of the pools created by it near the top.