Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip

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Mel B, Ruby Wax and Emily Atack go on a historic, raucous road trip.

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Emily Atack

Melanie Brown

Ruby Wax

Caroline O'Shaughnessy

Julia Swabey

Jill Worsley

Lisa Edwards

Sebastian Grant

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Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip: Series 1: Episode 2

Episode 2

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Ruby Wax, Mel B and Emily Atack discover the extremes of wealth in modern Colorado.

Ruby Wax, Mel B and Emily Atack off-road through Utah and trek the mountains of Aspen as they investigate the meaning of the American Dream.

Isabella Bird travelled through Colorado in the height of the Gold Rush. In her memoir, she describes the impact of the mining and the worship of the ‘almighty dollar’. Ruby, Mel and Emily investigate the impact of the American Dream, then and now. 

They visit a ghost town that was 'the richest square mile on Earth’ in Bird's time, experience dizzying wealth in the mountains of Aspen, meet members of the Ute tribe, and learn about the genocidal impact of the Gold Rush on indigenous Americans.

Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip: Series 1

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