So today was a day of epic urban exploration. Went out with three friends and hit up an abandoned sugar mill in Longmont, Colorado. Once we got onto the property,we discovered a strange building with stairs leading down into the ground and discovered a quarter mile long tunnel(for any who have been here, anybody ever discovered this??). We walked it in it's entirety only to discover a pond with a duck at the end, so we headed back to check out the mill. Place was huge and amazing. We barely explored any of it before we made a hasty escape as to avoid getting caught by some workers working in the northern building(there are two buildings, we explored the south). While exploring the mill, I realized 5 things about urban exploration...
1) If there is a solid, painful object nearby your head that you could hit your head on, you will hit your head on it.
2) If your group splits up, your group will ALWAYS pin any loud noises on the other group.
3) There is always a second bar. Even if you duck the first bar, there will be a second bugger waiting to smack you in the head.
4) If you run into authorized personnel on site, your escape is always going to be through the smallest, noisiest hole in the wall ever made, whether you like it to be or not.
5) The light at the end of the tunnel is not always as close as it appears.

Concerning number 2, at one point I split off to shoot part of a building and got separated from the others. I kept hearing some loud bangs and couldn't believe how loud the others were being. It wasn't until I was between the two buildings, on the phone with one of them, that I realized the loud bangs weren't them. A VERY loud crashing sound came from behind the wall I was near, causing me to nearly crap myself, and sent me scurrying back into the other building to hide. I met up with the others shortly after(they thought I was making the noises) and after nearly being spotted by the people working in the other building, we made a hasty escape.
Can't wait to get back to the mill. Barely scratched the surface of what it holds.


Longmont Sugar Mill by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr


Abandoned Fire Hydrant by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

The north building on the left, and south building on the right. No access from the ground to the north building so we hit up the south.

The Space Between by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

Controls for an elevator.

Up and Down by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

Only access we found to the north building. 3 stories up. Through that noisy hole in the wall from number 4. There was someone working on this level and another person the level below.

Peering into the North Building by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

Roof!

Roof! by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr


Three Stories Down by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

Records room

Records Room by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr


Book of Records by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr


All hail!! Umm... by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

An endless maze of stairs and walkways.

Maze by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr


The Door at the End of the Walkway by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr


The Two Buildings by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

Down into the depths where the underground tunnel resides.

Into the Depths by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

Looking up from the bottom. All of this structure is below the ground. Pretty amazing.

3 Stories Up by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

In the tunnel

See that light? by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

The unamusing end of the tunnel walk.

The Tunnels End by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr


Longmont Sugar Mill by Uncharted Sights, on Flickr

Great write-up and killer shots, bro! Reminds me of the time we were hanging in an old abandoned power plant here and heard a LARGE group of gabby girls and their thug boyfriends all jibber-jabbering and making a ton of racket. We lit off some quarter-sticks that sounded like Atom Bombs in the cavernous turbine hall (DPS for anyone familiar with Philly) and watched their lights dwindle off in the distance while they ALL screamed their way out. It was like 2 AM and we were all hammered to the core. Hilarious!

Posted by Radical_Ed Great write-up and killer shots, bro! Reminds me of the time we were hanging in an old abandoned power plant here and heard a LARGE group of gabby girls and their thug boyfriends all jibber-jabbering and making a ton of racket. We lit off some quarter-sticks that sounded like Atom Bombs in the cavernous turbine hall (DPS for anyone familiar with Philly) and watched their lights dwindle off in the distance while they ALL screamed their way out. It was like 2 AM and we were all hammered to the core. Hilarious!

Thanks bud! And hahaha, that's awesome! Unfortunately I don't think that would have been successful for us. Just sayin. ;)

Nice set man. Sounds like you guys had fun, these are the kind of urban jungle gyms I love!

awesome!

"all hail" is a keeper!

So in the picture with the light at the end of the tunnel being really far off there is a large pipe, but then at the end of the tunnel it is gone. Are there more tunnel branches down there that the pipe turned off into or did the pipe just end?

Badass.
I want to go to there.

Posted by wranglerroadhead So in the picture with the light at the end of the tunnel being really far off there is a large pipe, but then at the end of the tunnel it is gone. Are there more tunnel branches down there that the pipe turned off into or did the pipe just end?

The large pipe runs through the center of the tunnel up until about the last 20ft, then it veers off into the wall. At three points along the way, there is a large opening extending skyward where another pipe would go to the surface.

that pipe is sick! Nice location

Nice! I've been to Longmont, but never had a chance to see the tunnel. Looks amazing. I envy your opportunity to see it.

Posted by tunnelbug Nice! I've been to Longmont, but never had a chance to see the tunnel. Looks amazing. I envy your opportunity to see it.

The tunnel was a cool find. Definitely unexpected. Wasn't expecting a quarter mile treck both ways either haha. There are like 5 "blocks" in the tunnel about 3ft high you have to clamber over, so not for the easily claustrophobic. Definitely loved the tunnel though and recommend checking it out!

Reminds me of the Shawshank redemption at the end when he escapes through the poop pipe, haha.

Finally was able to get around to editing the video for this exploration. Here is the video for the underground tunnel:
https://www.youtub...E&feature=youtu.be

Here is the video for the infiltration of the mill.
https://www.youtub...lT3kbOPoJOBAxnuoYw

Cool videos!

Posted by PorkyMcCaw Cool videos!

Thank you!

That tunnel looks awesome. I know you didn't go in the north building this time, but have you been there before? If so, have you found a way into the silo on the northeast side of the north building?

I saw this location a few weeks ago in the videos section of the u.e.r. In the video, the same loud banging was going on.

Edit: oh wait never mind. Now that I look back, I see that that the video was your post as well. Nice stuff, man. Thanks for sharing. It was an entertaining video.