Cautions for High Altitude Field Trips

If you have never been gem or treasure hunting at high altitude, you really owe yourself the experience some time. Many ghost towns and camps and a vast variety of minerals can be found along the mountain sides and tops. Legends of lost treasures can be heard in small mountain towns almost any where you care to wander. Higher elevations hold a myriad of crystals as well. At Mt. Antero in Colorado, you don