Treasure and Treasury Mountains
Treasure and Treasury Mountains are the high points of a long, curving ridge line extending from Whitehouse Mountain just south of Marble down to Yule Pass northwest of Crested Butte. The two peaks reside in the Raggeds Wilderness, and are separated enough from the rest of the high peaks of the Elks to feel as though they belong to their own little mini-range. And in many ways, they do. The peaks are named after an old fable of gold buried by a French mining expedition in the late-1700’s, and William Yule’s failed attempt to find the lost treasure many decades later. Keep Reading…