06/17/2026
If you've stayed with us, you've seen this guy's work — meet Mel, Mick's grandfather. He's the photographer behind all the art on the walls at The Timberline. He traveled, camped, and hunted all over, and documented his love of the outdoors with his stereo realist camera. We scanned his old slides and filled the rooms with them, and they're one of the things guests compliment us on most.
Mick's dad just found this photo a few months ago. It's Mel in the summer of 1970, standing right on the corner of Highway 24, Harrison Ave, and Silver Drive — where 24 turns west — on what's now our neighbor's property, the (you can spot its old name, the Mountain Peaks Motel, on the sign behind him).
We knew he'd been through Leadville, but didn't have any documentation of it until this. Pretty neat to see him standing steps from our front door. ❤️