{"id":288,"date":"2025-06-16T01:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T01:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmangraphic.com\/?p=288"},"modified":"2025-07-26T02:25:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T02:25:46","slug":"corkscrew-gulch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmangraphic.com\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"Corkscrew Gulch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A beautiful day on the Alpine Loop. Just as I planned. A morning drive to Silverton for coffee and the past the ski area and up to the Alpine Loop. 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