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At the bottom of the hill, at about 3000 feet, I leave the pavement of Essex Road

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012_10-powerline-road-start-650px.jpg The Providence Mountains behind me, I stop at the abandoned Kelso Depot after a fast 8-mile downhill on paved Kelbaker RoadThumbnailsI take on the 12-mile climb up Kelbaker Road rising away from Kelso DepotThe Providence Mountains behind me, I stop at the abandoned Kelso Depot after a fast 8-mile downhill on paved Kelbaker RoadThumbnailsI take on the 12-mile climb up Kelbaker Road rising away from Kelso DepotThe Providence Mountains behind me, I stop at the abandoned Kelso Depot after a fast 8-mile downhill on paved Kelbaker RoadThumbnailsI take on the 12-mile climb up Kelbaker Road rising away from Kelso DepotThe Providence Mountains behind me, I stop at the abandoned Kelso Depot after a fast 8-mile downhill on paved Kelbaker RoadThumbnailsI take on the 12-mile climb up Kelbaker Road rising away from Kelso DepotThe Providence Mountains behind me, I stop at the abandoned Kelso Depot after a fast 8-mile downhill on paved Kelbaker RoadThumbnailsI take on the 12-mile climb up Kelbaker Road rising away from Kelso Depot

I start climbing the sandy Powerline Road back in the general direction from which I just came. This road crosses the Providence Mountains in about seven miles at Foshay Pass, and is the most remote road I've tried riding out here so far.