Collapsed Floor

The staircase going to the second floor balcony is gone, giving a clear view of the first floor porch.

One of my favorite images from my stay… Note the snowed-over road in the distance! This is looking toward Animas Forks.

After Wilson Bros moved out, a furniture company moved in.

This ruined skyway looks like it should be at ground level because of the growth, but it’s actually the second floor of the building.

Looking across the ruined skyway that connects the two elevators. I wanted to walk across it, but my exploring parter held me back.

Between the ice chute and the back of the north section of the cellars, a little pillar shows where a room used to be. The ceiling’s disintegration has since filled the space, which seems to be the last point of expansion in the cave–this was last carved in the mid-1840s.

A quick vertical panorama taken on my back at the sweet spot of a great summer sunset. On the skylight is the torch-cut catwalk that used to link the outside of the smokestacks that vented the cupolas.

Ava near the Memorial Building. The block glass embedded in the sidewalk here is actually a skylight for the tunnel below, which connects the Memorial Building to the steam and supply systems of the hospital.

“Place Tripod Here” my friends would say. But for me, it’s the money shot. Note the painting around the inside of the skylight.