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Excelsior Mine Road rises up a short hill to cross a bridge over the I-15 freeway

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04277-excelsior-mine-road.jpg Closer to I-15, a fence along Excelsior Mine Road traps a lot of windblown garbage from freeway driversThumbnailsStanding on the Cima Road bridge, I look west down Interstate 15, the source of the garbage trapped on the fence I just passedCloser to I-15, a fence along Excelsior Mine Road traps a lot of windblown garbage from freeway driversThumbnailsStanding on the Cima Road bridge, I look west down Interstate 15, the source of the garbage trapped on the fence I just passedCloser to I-15, a fence along Excelsior Mine Road traps a lot of windblown garbage from freeway driversThumbnailsStanding on the Cima Road bridge, I look west down Interstate 15, the source of the garbage trapped on the fence I just passedCloser to I-15, a fence along Excelsior Mine Road traps a lot of windblown garbage from freeway driversThumbnailsStanding on the Cima Road bridge, I look west down Interstate 15, the source of the garbage trapped on the fence I just passedCloser to I-15, a fence along Excelsior Mine Road traps a lot of windblown garbage from freeway driversThumbnailsStanding on the Cima Road bridge, I look west down Interstate 15, the source of the garbage trapped on the fence I just passed

Excelsior Mine Road becomes Cima Road on the other side of the freeway. Kessler Peak, near which I camped a few nights ago, is the outcrop in the distance. The gentle curve on the horizon at the right is Cima Dome.