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I start limping up China Hole Trail with the 10-ton bike

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00536-china-hole-trail-800p.jpg I start looking for a way back down from the Kelso Peak ridge line, preferably not following the same route I ascendedThumbnailsI start hiking up the wash that will pass Silver Lead Spring on the way up to to Wild Horse Canyon RoadI start looking for a way back down from the Kelso Peak ridge line, preferably not following the same route I ascendedThumbnailsI start hiking up the wash that will pass Silver Lead Spring on the way up to to Wild Horse Canyon RoadI start looking for a way back down from the Kelso Peak ridge line, preferably not following the same route I ascendedThumbnailsI start hiking up the wash that will pass Silver Lead Spring on the way up to to Wild Horse Canyon RoadI start looking for a way back down from the Kelso Peak ridge line, preferably not following the same route I ascendedThumbnailsI start hiking up the wash that will pass Silver Lead Spring on the way up to to Wild Horse Canyon RoadI start looking for a way back down from the Kelso Peak ridge line, preferably not following the same route I ascendedThumbnailsI start hiking up the wash that will pass Silver Lead Spring on the way up to to Wild Horse Canyon Road

This lower part of the trail is rather steep, so excellent vistas back down into the canyon present themselves almost instantly.

That might be the brutal Willow Ridge Trail that I can see rising up a distant hillside. I didn't climb that trail during this trip, but I've learned to respect it during previous trips here.