Ironton is at 10,000 ft and still has a number of buildings including three two story houses. It,s a short jeep trail off the highway but not on a trail that goes over any passes so I never saw it until last year even though I have been driving all, almost all, the 4wd trails up here for 35 years. There are a few ruins along the highway to Ouray that have an Ironton sign on them so I always thought that was the town site. The railroad went through Ironton and a short hike, if any hike can be short at 10,000 ft, up from there is the remains of a turntable for the trains. The trains were turned around one car at a time and the turntable was balanced well enough so one man could turn it.
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