This particular Tuesday found us discovering |
Tin Cup is one of two ghost towns we visited that dates back to the 1880s gold and silver rush in the area . |
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some of the world ’ s best |
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snowmobiling territory |
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– more than 11,000 feet |
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high along the Continental |
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Divide in central Colorado . |
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Our host and leader on the |
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ride , bubbly Scott Peterson |
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, had put us up in one |
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of the most swank lodges |
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in all of snowmobiling |
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– the immense Mount |
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Princeton Resort . |
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Waiting for us back |
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at the lodge was a spacious |
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cabin , with locallybrewed |
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beer in the fridge ; a |
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delightful restaurant with |
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a gourmet menu ; a sprawling resort grounds that |
much of a massage guy , but hey , when in Rome … |
Finding Paradise |
al Forest , as the day ’ s last light was leaving |
included five geothermal |
That was all supposed to be waiting for us after we got |
After meeting Scott of the Mount Princ- |
the sky and found the main building shad- |
hot spring pools to soothe |
back from snowmobiling in an incredible high-country |
eton Hot Springs Resort at the 2013 Rocky |
owed by one of the eight 14,000-foot peaks |
our muscles . And , to top |
paradise , but we wouldn ’ t make it back in time to enjoy |
Mountain Snowmobile Expo , and then |
in the immediate area . |
it all off , Scott promised |
any of it . Instead , after one rental sled died , we were try- |
doing some research on the backcountry |
We caught last dinner rights at the |
to hook us up with one of |
ing to nurse the other 550-fanner over the top of the pass , |
snowmobile riding paradise in which the |
fancy-yet-folksy Princeton Club restau- |
the resort ’ s professional |
along with Scott on his old Indy SKS . It wasn ’ t going well … |
resort is found , a snap decision was made |
rant – salmon in a raspberry port sauce |
massages – Swedish , deep |
Did I mention that this particular Tuesday was April 1 – |
to take up Scott ’ s offer to come experi- |
for me , prime rib for Mark , who also |
tissue or hot stone were |
April Fool ’ s Day ? Despite the unpredictable twists , we still |
ence it ourselves . We arrived at the resort , |
sampled a local whiskey – then went |
among our choices . I ’ m not |
had a great time in a new favorite destination . |
tucked discreetly in the San Isabel Nation- |
searching for our cabin . |