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The old road crosses over the pass and I suddenly have big views down into Shadow Valley below

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04191-north-clark-mtn.jpg The old road approaches the unnamed pass leading back to the Pachalka Spring areaThumbnailsOn the way down to Pachalka Spring Road, I see a faint road rising up a steep hill toward an old mining areaThe old road approaches the unnamed pass leading back to the Pachalka Spring areaThumbnailsOn the way down to Pachalka Spring Road, I see a faint road rising up a steep hill toward an old mining areaThe old road approaches the unnamed pass leading back to the Pachalka Spring areaThumbnailsOn the way down to Pachalka Spring Road, I see a faint road rising up a steep hill toward an old mining areaThe old road approaches the unnamed pass leading back to the Pachalka Spring areaThumbnailsOn the way down to Pachalka Spring Road, I see a faint road rising up a steep hill toward an old mining areaThe old road approaches the unnamed pass leading back to the Pachalka Spring areaThumbnailsOn the way down to Pachalka Spring Road, I see a faint road rising up a steep hill toward an old mining area

I can see the road winding down into the valley, where it will join the road back up to Pachalka Spring. Valley Wells with its gas station, store and unusual urinal is the small white spot at centre, and the Sawtooth is visible on the distant right.