Switzerland Trail

View of the railroads that became the Switzerland Trail, by William Henry Jackson, 1900. This copy has annotations identifying the railroads and the town of Sunset, Colorado (at right center).
Sunset, Colorado townsite. This house appeared to be the only occupied dwelling in 2010.
Switzerland Trail above Sunset townsite. Note the well-preserved rockwork on the old railroad embankment. 2010 photo by Don O'Brien.

40°01′20.0″N 105°27′47.3″W / 40.022222°N 105.463139°W / 40.022222; -105.463139 The Switzerland Trail is the site of a historic 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad line that was operated at different times by the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railway, the Colorado and Northwestern Railroad, and the Denver, Boulder, and Western Railroad around the turn of the 20th century in the Colorado front range mining area near Nederland, Gold Hill, and Ward. The west end of the trail is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Denver, Boulder and Western Railway Historic District".