Interesting place. It’s a tragedy what happened in Austin as a result of the dam failure. Be forewarned, the road is minimally maintained during the winter. We took my wife’s suv and had no trouble but I’m glad we had four wheel drive. If you’re not up for the exploring you drive right past the site on 872 so you can see the ruins without doing the exploring if you’re not up for it, but it’s definitely more impressive from the base of the dam.