dryfj.com / drycyclist.com (kevin cook)

45/67
[ stop the slideshow ]

The road rejoins the wash in Idora Mine Canyon above the slot canyon

06622-tailings.jpg Rising up the lower switchbacks in Idora Mine Canyon away from Devil's Playground down belowThumbnailsGetting closer to the top of Idora Mine CanyonRising up the lower switchbacks in Idora Mine Canyon away from Devil's Playground down belowThumbnailsGetting closer to the top of Idora Mine CanyonRising up the lower switchbacks in Idora Mine Canyon away from Devil's Playground down belowThumbnailsGetting closer to the top of Idora Mine CanyonRising up the lower switchbacks in Idora Mine Canyon away from Devil's Playground down belowThumbnailsGetting closer to the top of Idora Mine CanyonRising up the lower switchbacks in Idora Mine Canyon away from Devil's Playground down belowThumbnailsGetting closer to the top of Idora Mine Canyon

A tailings pile, a prospect hole, and a few pieces of old wood bask in the silence here. The next switchback rises up at my right behind the tailings to snake over the hills, aiming for the lower flanks of the mountain above.