Durango Trip Overview
Discover Jeep tours that provide beautiful scenery, seasonal wildflowers and wildlife spotting. Explore the beauty of La Plata Canyon as you travel through pines and past cascading creeks above treeline to over 12,000 feet with views of majestic peaks in every direction.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Durango, United States
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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Discover Jeep tours that provide beautiful scenery, seasonal wildflowers and wildlife spotting. Explore the beauty of La Plata Canyon as you travel through pines and past cascading creeks above treeline to over 12,000 feet with views of majestic peaks in every direction.
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Stop At: Mild to Wild Rafting and Jeep Tours, 50 Animas View Dr, Durango, CO 81301-8904
Discover the spectacular La Plata Canyon (20 minutes West of Durango) and its beautiful U formation created by glaciers on one of our Colorado jeep tours. Several small waterfalls and cascading rivers follow the rugged jeep trails in the springtime along with lots of wildlife such as marmots, mule deer, elk herds, juncos, kingfishers, turkey vultures, red-tailed hawks and bald eagles.
On our guided jeep tours you will see numerous wildflowers, high-alpine meadows, and avalanche gullies. Following the La Plata River (meaning “Silver” in Spanish) to La Plata City, an old mining town established in 1875, you’ll discover the remnants of old mining claims. These include a tall intact chimney left from the crew quarters, the framework of old cabins, and tailing piles from actual mining areas. Then, you’ll continue to the peak of Kennebec Pass at 12,000 feet above sea level (also above tree-line).
Duration: 4 hours
