Bridal Veil #636

The Bridal Veil Trail #636 starts at the road closure gate on Forest Service road #648 and ends at an intersection with the Wasatch Trail #508 and the Blixt Trail #508.1. It proceeds south for about half a mile on an old mining road past the privately-owned historic Bridal Veil Powerhouse. Visitors are asked to stay on the trail and respect private property. As the trail ascend into the Basin, there will be opportunities to take side roads/trails to Silver Lake and Blue Lake. At about 3.5 miles, the trail passes within view of the Lewis Mill and Lewis Lake. The Mill, recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a 5-story structure that served as a 60-ton capacity ore concentration facility in the early 1900's. The structure is owned by San Miguel County who reroofed the mill building in 2006.