In the low light of morning an Indian maiden comes into view followed by a screaming warrior. The sun continues to rise. At twilight a miner joins them. They all live in the "Cirque", ten minutes in the morning hours and just a few at night. The sun kisses the edges of the "Cirque" and shadowy forms are cast of the lost souls still lurking in the rocks and hills above the Scout Ranch in Bear Creek Canyon

"Cirques" are formations that resemble an amphitheatre. They are circular basins at valley heads where glaciers used to be. The sun shares qualities with the glacier. As the glacier melts and moves down the valley, it plucks out chunks of bedrock and carries rock down hill where it leaves the basin known as a "Cirque". As the sun warms and moves across the valley, it plucks out spirits casting their shadows upon the edges of the basin. In the early 30's a miner and his son prospected for gold here living in the now deserted cabin. Nearby an opening to three mine shafts beckons.

To earlier travelers headed to Santa Fe, Taos, or the rugged west Las Cumbres Espanolas or Spanish Peaks stood sentinel guiding their way. Firmly planted in southeast Colorado, they are among the most important landmarks of the Southwest. The peaks acted as a shepherd