Calamity Camp, Colorado Restoration Volunteers

Calamity Camp, Colorado 11 9/10 Rd, Gateway, CO, United States

From the early 1900s until the 1960s, radium, vanadium, and uranium mining boomed on Colorado’s western slope. Calamity Camp survives as a popular tourist stop for historians looking for a “miner detour.” On the western slope of Colorado you’ll find epic mesas, towering mountain ranges, and among other things, a rich mining history. Calamity Camp […]