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Hello all, There are occasional requests for specific directions to collecting sites north of Kremmling. When I asked some time ago, I got the correct but vague advice to follow the geology. If you would like directions, feel free to send me a PM. Tom

Hello all, This post is about two months before I can report any field experience but instead is a request for some more specific direction for ammonite hunting N of Kremmling, Colorado. I know we can not collect in the Ammonite Cretaceous Study Area, but I know, from the forum, that there are places outside the study area available for collecting. I have the Steamboat Springs BLM map, the Wolford Mountain Travel Management map, the Kremmling BLM field office map to the study area and have traced the route on Google earth to what I think is the study area. It is off dirt road route 26 to the left several miles in off Rt 40. I think the GPS coordinates for what looks like a parking area outside a gated entrance are 40 13 51 N, 106 23 55 W. Assuming this is correct, can someone who has had collecting experience in the area direct me to a potentially fruitful are where I can hopefully find ammonites? Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks. Tom

My wife and I took a four day trip to Colorado over Labor Day and we were on the move constantly, trying to take in as much scenery as possible. OF COARSE, I had to do a little collecting along the way. As I looked at various rock formations, it quickly became apparent that I was out of my comfort zone. This wasn't Minnesota Ordovician material. I do have a mix of unknowns, both mineral and fossil to present for ID but let me start with these 2 samples collected near the Ammonite Research Site in Kremmling, Co. The first item was a brownish "thing" that I threw into my backpack to check out later. It really didn't look like a collectors piece. But when I examined it at home a little cleaner and closer up, I was astounded to see these blue streaks. Any explanations???? If I didn't know better, I would have guessed heart vessels. And yes the blue is that blue in real life.