Nude Hikes » 2011 » May » May 6th-Sunset Mine

Starting up the Sunset Mine road from my parking location...	I tend to avoid the first switchback by cutting across...	Here I'm coming back onto the mining road from my little...	The road has been recently improved with fresh gravel...	Right at the second switchback you are closest to the...
Clues. No vehicles parked below so a pretty good...	At the third switchback landing. Lots of partying has...	Some granite cliffs along the way. Hard to see beyond...	Once above the third switchback the road levels out and...	The creek below is finally catching up with us in...
Examining more tire tracks. This is a turn-around point....	At the Y of the road about a mile in. The mining road...	At the Y of the road about a mile in. The mining road...	At the Y of the road about a mile in. The mining road...	The road narrows evens further with a really nice...
From the edge of the road Trout Creek has almost caught...	The remains of the mill foundation is just round the...	Ah . . . the reason for road improvement. Someone has...	This is the open expanse of the old mill site. Just the...	This mess was left by those same people who marked the...
Taking a little shortcut via Trout Creek . . . now that...	Well, easier if you didn't have to boulder hop in a few...	I'm going to have to remember this sequestered pool for...	Adit #2, an adit being a mine shaft entrance.	Adit 2 is caved in just a little ways in, and I didn't...
Yeah, I'm relieved to be out of that mine shaft.	Clambering back out of the adit for the trail beyond.	I much prefer wide open spaces like the banks of Trout...	I followed recent brush cutting into the canopy to see...	The secondary log bridge has been barricaded with...
LOL . . . the funniest of things you find in the wild.	Some anticipatory clearing near the obscure trail to the...	I did some minor scoping of the trail clearing but...	Those foundation walls of the mill site . . ....	Had to check out this huge boulder.
On the way back down . . . alas, I always find myself...	Rich moss greenery.	Capturing the rain-drops in a puddle.	Here I am taking the shortcut across the switchback...	Back at the car and very aware that i'd better get that...

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