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The Bristol Mountains powerline road splits here into a high road and low road, which rejoin each other beyond the hill

6390-powerline-road.jpg Ugh, the Bristol Mountains powerline road is getting rather sandy!ThumbnailsI knew I'd find a happy-birthday balloon sooner or later out here in the wilderness...Ugh, the Bristol Mountains powerline road is getting rather sandy!ThumbnailsI knew I'd find a happy-birthday balloon sooner or later out here in the wilderness...Ugh, the Bristol Mountains powerline road is getting rather sandy!ThumbnailsI knew I'd find a happy-birthday balloon sooner or later out here in the wilderness...Ugh, the Bristol Mountains powerline road is getting rather sandy!ThumbnailsI knew I'd find a happy-birthday balloon sooner or later out here in the wilderness...Ugh, the Bristol Mountains powerline road is getting rather sandy!ThumbnailsI knew I'd find a happy-birthday balloon sooner or later out here in the wilderness...

I decide to try the low road, hoping that it will be easier than the steeper high road, even though it's longer.