Imagine finding an abandoned town like this as a teenager; it would have been so cool. I wouldn't vandalize the place; I would consider moving in and building my own off-the-grid secret village. These kids could have gotten a free house, free tools, and basically, a free mountain getaway, and instead of building it up, the idiots destroyed it.

22:10 thats asbestos siding or shingles

@Exploring the Unbeaten Path: While you all carelessly throw caution to the wind with no hard hats, proper foot gear, mask, and gloves as you do not know what you are about to contract while breathing and touching things. You are not invincible. If the ceiling lets go and kills or harms your friend, that is when it is too late. Now that I have my parental suggestions voiced, is this place monitored? Who are the properties owned by? Am I to understand that the 'toxic' claim is from the asbestos? This was only 39 years ago. It boggles my mind to see such catastrophic waste without a single care. As far as the typical useless and degenerative graffiti and smashed drywall everywhere, I would have to say that when consequences are of the absence, atrocities will ensue with certainty. If these vandals were caught and received 30 years imprisonment without parole, I doubt there would be this amount of appalling display of name stamping from dysfunctional buffoons. Anyway, really nice town, tons of potential, too bad something couldn't be done to house families after a clean up. There are ways to do it but I am not sure to what extent the asbestos is interfering with rebuilding. That is an X-Ray machine and it takes a lot of power and thus, heats. I would not doubt that sheets of lead are around that room. This I discovered in an abandoned hospital. Truck was salvageable. The yellow machine with a tank is a combo generator/compressor. That is salvageable too.

@@josephreagan9545 I could not have said it any better. I am a prepper and survivalist. This would be a great place for like minded people to start a survival colony. Hevenu Shalom Alecheim

I was there in the early 90's, it was essentially just like the people had closed the doors behind them... everything was still in place, no real damage. I remember a store that still had a large amount of shoes and boots, still in boxes, on the shelves. Really sad to see what has happened to the town since.

Wow. I could have gotten some free mint footware

Then go clean it! Shut up

@@dannylo5875 Nah, you would still look like a hobo, as they where probably pretty decayed by then.

Thanks for checking out Mark! Always weird to see a place suddenly gets abandoned. Wish I’d explored this place way earlier but since I travel all over the world it’s hard to choose!

22:07 - I am glad you pointed that out - I noticed that as well. The asbestos is stable in that form and of little danger - it's only when it gets shredded or powderized that it becomes dangerous to organic life.

Absolutely! I'm from Amarillo; the Rockies were practically our backyard, just have to go uphill for a bit. Presently I'm living in the foothills of the Smokies, miniscule compared to the Rocky Mountain Range.

My older brother lived in New Zealand for two years as a professional sound technician, to set up sound for the bands that would tour there. He told me that he settled in Colorado, because it had the best representation of natural beauty in the states that he witnessed, while exploring New Zealand. He has lived in Colorado for about 40 years, currently in Boulder, but lived in Eldora and Nederland for about 25 years. There was the Caribou sound studio in Colorado. One time I visited him, and he was living in England Dan's cabin that he had for many years. Carl Wilson from the Beach Boys, had a place there, as well. My brother was friends with him. Carl gave his drum set to my brother before he passed away too soon, in 1997.

It depends on the place! I have visited countless of places in the U.S which were not trashed. You just have to be there for the taggers and scrappers. In this case the location is too known and too long abandoned. A lot of the untouched stuff in the U.S I have to keep offline. But answering your question… this happens worldwide except in some Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan.. there they have a lot of respect for other’s property

Definitely your bias dude

It's the idiot teenagers, they go in and trash a place just for "fun." So stupid.

To me its like dogs pissing on a tree the tagging and people need to destroy things is beyond my comprehension hello from Australia

It's the same in Estonia. It's the people...

Yeah normally I don’t even want to make videos in such tagged up places, but thought it would be nice in this series with the lower part of the town.

How far would this be from Engineer Pass?

@@CaptRich-bi3gp Nowhere near. Engineer Pass is by Telluride. Gilman is off Highway 24 about halfway between Vail and Leadville, just north of Red Cliff.

For 40 years.. it could have been way worse… most places are already totally looted or burned to the ground

What difference does it make? Couple more years and the buildings will be gone.

Destruction by the mindless, it's going on all over the world. These buildings are now useless when they could've been rescued and housed people.

It's the idiot teenagers. They would f..k up a mayonnaise sandwich.

Thanks for checking out Wade! And yes… aways those penisses😅 luckily I’m there before there is any graffiti in most places…

Well noticed and thanks for checking out!

Thanks Carl, we had a great time! I’ll be back in the U.S soon☺️

Thanks, I will be in the States again soon.

Thanks a lot Sue😇 Yes, always nice to walK through old places and see how everything was like back then. Even the graphic design of an item..Wish I was here 15 years earlier though.. 😊

Hi Kathy, I made more (and better) episodes here! Check the channel for more. Really loved the beautiful area 😍

Mmmm spicy water

All it would take is for you buy a ginger counter and you could remove those quotes. You know it's clean or you wouldn't hang out there

@@sparksmcgee6641 A "ginger counter"? Is that a device for counting redheads?

Thanks a lot Colleen! The scenery was amazing, also in the lower part 😇 Really added a lot to the experience!

You know nothing about being a kid growing up in an isolated place like this.

Young people party in abandoned old places.

LOL!

Yes, helaas kan ik mijzelf niet klonen😀 gelukkig waren er nog een paar echte highlights! De ondergrondse mijn al gezien?

Working in there must have been hell.. guess they got a decent paycheck back in the days

Thanks Jonathan. In the next episodes you’ll see some local explores😄(Wales and the UK)

Hey Mark, thanks for checking out. This was by far the shittiest part😂 The industrial part:kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eamIqK17zreolnU.html And this was the holy grail of the trip: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pK1pfpCSldXHk3k.html

A few other said the same so confirmed!

Great🙃Thanks for the info!

Thanks again Morgan😄 Next week a cool and funny mission where we spend the night and explore a fort located in the sea.

22:07 - asbestos tiles used for siding

Thanks for checking out! Normally I’m there before any tagger shows up😂 Went to an epic underground mine in Colorado which was in a pristine condition. Did you see that episode too?

Yes, most places we visit are luckily not vandalized like this !

Sad for those workers indeed😮‍💨

Such an epic area to grow up and to explore as a kid! Much better than in an urban area

Haha you’d say kids have enough to do in such amazing surrounding!

That’s crazy! Thanks for the info!

Yeeesh... I wonder if it was cheaper to get electric lines ran in than to feed fuel to a power plant for that much electricity

@@holysirsalad Well, with the river there they could build a hydro station maybe... wont be enough for all the electricity though.

34:50 - thanks for posting the name of the vehicle. I was going to do so if no one else had. My brother had one just like this one. Darn unlined cylinders made it burn oil like crazy. Dumb design on the engine, however I loved the styling of the Vega. One day back in the '70's a friend and I flagged down a passing Vega sedan which a fellow had hot-rodded and put in a huge tricked out engine... the power-to-weight ratio was awesome and that thing was fast, according to the driver/owner. Shook like a MF, though. Just my 2¢ to add to the story...

No profit in keeping it. If there was money to be made, things would be different, I'd wager.

@@samvalentine3206 its not always about the money

@@frankiesaotoandmore5872 - I agree. And wish things like this did not get destroyed by vandals... or the ravages of time. To keep it at a certain threshold requires input of labor, i.e. someone volunteers or is paid to keep things going.

Thanks for the info 😄damn asbestos

Thanks for checking out! Did you also see the underground part!? That was the holy grail🤩

Thanks a lot Linda☺️ For us it was great to find a lot of old stuff! Many times everything gets emptied so you have to use a lot of imagination. I’ll be more in the picture in the next episodes, sometimes because of the conditions I don’t switch holding the camera…. but should be still in the episode indeed☺️☺️

Thank you for the detail

Thanks Again Matt! It’s still an incredible place

Thanks Joe! We have many pristine places on this channel without any tags. Did you also see the underground mine kn Colorado ? That is a crazy one!

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath Yes I did.

Ich auch komme auch aus Deutschland Baden Würtemberg

@@pedieh7137 ...gleiches Bundesland... ich komm aus dem Odenwald.

Kein problem! Ich spreche auch Deutsch aber nicht so gut für ein “episode”

​@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath I am very happy that you decided to open to a greater audience by switching from netherlands (your early videos) to english. And I appreciate your development in filming, editing & narrating more into cinematic direction... (I'm a big fan of your collegues from BWT and cinematic, calm style of capturing images and moods) Your Locations are very special and outstanding (No other Urbex Channel provides...). Keep up the progress and thank you for inviting us to your adventures. Much love.

@@tomturelur9191 komme aus Heidelberg

19:26 - yes, a compressor and the tank was an air storage tank.

Thanks Brenda ! Hope you will like the series. In november I’ll be back exploring in the U.S. Now looking where to go😁

@@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath I'm sure I will love it💜

What kind of places? I’ve been to some and liked it a lot! This one was unfortunately in a bad shape. But still worth a visit

And did you find anything cool?😏