Most of the wildflowers at Maggie were in full bloom. The blues have either peaked or not yet bloomed. Still some colors missing.
This is one long waterfall:
My favorite, "Elephant Head":
The route ends at the Intersection Mine. There is a stamping structure still there.
It has deteriorated a lot over the last several years.
Those snowdrifts Jingles loves so much are now mud puddles.
Unfortunately, she loves those just as much.
This was one muddy puppy:
Heading back down:
Here's some solid rock:
Next, we drive by the talus (loose rock),
trusting it will stay in place.
It's much steeper than it appears in these pictures:
Next, we start up Minnie Gulch, 11,800 feet, about five miles long.
We had tried this trail earlier in the year and the trail was blocked by trees downed from a winter avalanche. A dozer has cleared the road. I tried to get a photo of some of the destruction still visible, but a single picture doesn't do it justice:
I did put some history & pictures on the previous post (June 11)
about the Caledonia Mine & some of the structures still standing so I didn't
take any of those pictures today.
Love this waterfall:
There were THREE big moose to welcome us early into the trail.
I thought it unusual to see two males & one female traveling together.
They were very close to us!
That is the Kittimac Mine in the distance and our final destination for today.
It too has seen a lot of deterioration since we have been coming here:
We always get a kick out of this old vehicle with the tree growing through the middle of it.
It's easy to miss. Don't know how many times we traveled this trail before spotting it:
The old stable for the Kittimac Mine;
Former boarding house (used to be standing):
Those are my size 6.5s looking over the edge:
And what better way to end the day than with God's
painting of a gorgeous sunset:
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