Turn left and follow county road 21 along the Illinois river for approximately 12 miles and follow the signs to Teller City. Fine brook and cutthroat trout fishing in local streams and ponds plus you can pan for gold in any of the streams and actually find some color. Plenty of beautiful scenery and lots of wildlife in the area. Also a number of nice camping spots all along the way in the national forest. The only commercial cabins in the area is the Old Homestead cabins and resort - they are very rustic but clean.
Roads can be nasty when it rains or snows.
Parts of cabins still standing and lots of old foundations. Teller City was a true boom and bust town high in the Colorado Rockies. Silver was discovered in 1879 and by 1882 the town boomed and the population exceeded 1800. There was a 40 room hotel and 27 saloons and hundreds of log cabins. The cabins were usually one room with an outhouse within 100 feet.