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At the end of the road, I lock my bike in a ditch, then start hiking up the hill above the Blue Jay Mine tunnel

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4945-bluejay-mine.jpg The 1.5-mile-long road to Blue Jay Mine rapidly deteriorates, but makes for a fun ride on a mountain bikeThumbnailsI climb up the hill above Blue Jay Mine toward Hill 1713 at 5575 feet elevationThe 1.5-mile-long road to Blue Jay Mine rapidly deteriorates, but makes for a fun ride on a mountain bikeThumbnailsI climb up the hill above Blue Jay Mine toward Hill 1713 at 5575 feet elevationThe 1.5-mile-long road to Blue Jay Mine rapidly deteriorates, but makes for a fun ride on a mountain bikeThumbnailsI climb up the hill above Blue Jay Mine toward Hill 1713 at 5575 feet elevationThe 1.5-mile-long road to Blue Jay Mine rapidly deteriorates, but makes for a fun ride on a mountain bikeThumbnailsI climb up the hill above Blue Jay Mine toward Hill 1713 at 5575 feet elevationThe 1.5-mile-long road to Blue Jay Mine rapidly deteriorates, but makes for a fun ride on a mountain bikeThumbnailsI climb up the hill above Blue Jay Mine toward Hill 1713 at 5575 feet elevation

The 2005 fires burned all the trees here. I'm carrying 4.5 litres of water and three energy bars for sustenance.