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The Summitville mine was the scene of a major environmental disaster in the 1990s when the hastily installed liner of a Cyanide -laced Tailing Pond began leaking heavily. Summitville is in the Summitville Caldera one of many extinct Volcano es making up the San Juan Volcanic Field . One, the La Garita Caldera, is 35 miles in diameter. Large beds of Lava , some extending under the floor of the San Luis Valley , are characteristic of the eastern slope of the San Juans. There is some tourism in the region, with the Narrow Gauge Railway between Durango and Silverton being an attraction in the summer. Jeep ing is popular on the old trails which linked the historic mining camps, particularly thrilling is the Black Bear Road . Visiting old Ghost Town s is popular, as are wilderness trekking and Mountain Climbing . The San Juans are extremely steep; only Telluride has made the transition to Ski Resort . Purgatory (now known as Durango Mountain Resort) is a small ski area north of Durango near the Tamarron Resort. There is also skiing on Wolf Creek Pass , an area used mostly by locals. The Rio Grande rises on the east side of the range. The other side of the San Juans, the western slope of the Continental Divide , is drained by tributaries of the San Juan , Dolores and Gunnison rivers, which all flow into the Colorado River . The San Juan and Uncompahgre National Forests cover a large portion of the San Juan Mountains. . Ridgeline annotation indicates the names and elevations of 43 visible peaks.]] FOURTEENERS The San Juan Mountains are home to several Fourteeners , peaks rising more that 14,000 feet (4,267m) above sea level.
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