When you go somewhere on vacation, inevitably, you’re forced to pick just a few things to do/see…barely scratching the surface of whatever area you’ve travelled to. With that in mind, Tom and I are making a point of trying to explore and search for new trails every chance we get. With the 4th of July holiday weekend, we find ourselves at the cabin in Sierra City and the search continues…
Friday we scrambled up an abandoned mine trail to the Hilda Mine, which is just above Sierra City. The mine has been bulldozed and is entirely invisible at this point. My guess is that mines on forest service land are actively closed when no longer in use but BLM lands (typically of the area around Bishop) don’t spend much effort managing such mines…who knows? Anyway, the trail itself was beautiful, albeit straight up, and looks like a good option for future biking…
Exploring on two feet affords some amazing chances to see details otherwise missed when moving along the trail faster but just isn’t quite as exhilarating as travelling on two wheels. We took the opportunity to explore more of the trails the Forest Trails Alliance has been working on…they are simply amazing. It wasn’t until later last night during the fireworks show in Graeagle that the grins from riding were wearing off.
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- Cooling off in the creek
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- Cool little frog
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- Old logging cut
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- Tree step left from logging
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- Collapsed cabin at Hilda Mine
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- Old survey marker (1960)
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- Tom riding the rock on Sandusky
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- Tom on Sandusky rock jump
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- The start of Ridge Runner
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- Tom with his mini tail-whip
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- Mike hitting the jump
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- Michelle on the jump (I think Tom took the shot before I left the ground)
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- Michelle on one of the sweet bermed switchbacks
Happy Independence Day!