Hurricane Basin 2.0

Hurricane Basin is an easy, interesting Jeep trail to a beautiful basin.  It is maintained by Hinsdale County and is usually graded every few years.

The main attractions are scenery and an old boarding house.  The old boarding house and an adjoining compressor/blacksmith building were stabilized by HistoriCorps in 2014.

There is a GPS - gpx track at the bottom of the page.
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Hurricane Basin
Start out by crossing Henson Creek then continue through trees until the trail rises into tundra.  The road into the basin is very enjoyable.
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Crossing Henson Creek
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Road into basin
This was a large boarding house for the Golconda Mine.  The mine produced gold, silver, lead, zinc and copper.  Structures were stabilized in 2014 and some portions were completely rebuilt.
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Boarding House
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Inside boarding house
There is a second building that housed a compressor and a blacksmith shop.
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Compressor building
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Inside compressor building
Drive the talus slopes beyond the buildings and explore to the end of the basin.  If you are early enough you may be able to make a snowman.
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End of basin
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Jayne and her snowman
Updated 2018.
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