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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Lake City, Colorado

Updated November 17, 2023
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Slumgullion mass wasting area

Lake City, Colorado

Slumgullion Earthflow

This National Natural Landmark is one of the best examples of a “mass wasting” in the world.
Picnic Tables provide a rest area beneath the icy cliffs.

Lake City, Colorado

Lake City Ice Park

These towering cliffs crystalize each winter, forming sheer walls of ice that are open for climbing.
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A view of Lake San Cristobal

Hinsdale County, Colorado

Lake San Cristobal

Colorado’s second largest natural lake was created by a landslide.
4 miles from Lake City
Cascade Falls

Ouray, Colorado

Cascade Falls Park

Let Ouray’s tallest waterfall sweep your breath away on a dealer’s choice of scenic hikes.
18 miles from Lake City
The snake on the sign.

Ouray, Colorado

Ouray Alchemist

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.
19 miles from Lake City
Thousands of gallons of water spill down this 285-foot waterfall, which terminates in a frozen wonderland.

Ouray, Colorado

Box Canyon Falls

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.
19 miles from Lake City
Side of the mine at top of trail

Ironton, Colorado

Colorado Boy Mine

The most easily accessible intact vertical mine shaft structure remaining in the Red Mountain Mining District.
20 miles from Lake City
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