And the hut appears! Note the repaired 2nd-story exterior walls, replaced during the recent renovation.

Some historical background on the road (from Perry Eberhart, Guide to the Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, 4e, 1959-1969)

The pass was named for the Greek God of the North Wind. A more appropriate godfather couldn't be found. The 11,498-foot trail was one of the most feared of all the early and perilous passes in the state. The steel inclines, sharp curves and ledge roads which, as one poet put it, "Clung to the edge of eternity," were constantly swept by storms and bleak, howling winds.

Despite its fearsome features, however, the pass was in constant use, and vital to the activity in Breckenridge. Stages whipped over the route in a constant stream, meeting ore wagons grinding their way to market. Later a branch of the South Park Railroad was built over the pass, making it, for a time, the highest railroad run in the nation. The pass had eleven show sheds and grades up to 4 1/2%, so steep engines could pull no more than three cars at once.

Many tales are told of the trip over the pass, before and after the railroad was built. Perhaps the most colorful stories concerned the time Barnum's Circus Train was heading for Breckenridge. It seems the heavy train almost stalled on the steep incline and it was feared the cars wouldn't make it to the top. So the elephants were taken out of their cars and made to push the train up three miles of the steepest grade.