2005 (Nov 24) Wheeler Pk, Belfort, Boulder Flat, Star City in the Sweetwater Range
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Drove past Bridgeport Lake . . . a big group of egrets ...
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Started from Sweetwater Ranch at 6,400
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Missed a turn and had to back out a ways(locked gate)
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Tailings are all that are left of Star City, 8,500'
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This is the site of Star City built in the late 1870s
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SnowDude and the Rubicon
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Rubicon
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Approaching Belfort at 10,200'
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Rubicon in some beautiful country
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Some of the class 3 road before Boulder City
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One of the 3 buildings at Belfort
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Belfort, 1880
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Inside
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This building looked like it was in good shape
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SnowDude waiting
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This one is small
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Two of the 3 buildings (shows how small the one on the ...
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Quick drive to see the views from the little hill
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Boundary, Montgomery, Dubois and White in the distance
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We started up the hill with the snow between the two bu...
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Another structure about a half mile up the road
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We just passed the lake (dry) and looking up at where w...
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Followed a faint road this far up
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Decided to follow the main road down the switchback to ...
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The road wasn't too bad
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The road switchbacks down and around the hill we were g...
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We drove past Wheeler Peak (reddish one) and turned aro...
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Mt Patterson (right) is the highest peak in the Sweetwa...
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Album Description:
Plan was to hike Wheeler Pk, 11,661'. Stopped at a few mining sites along the way, and ended up driving to the base of the peak. Short hike, so we decided to drive towards Patterson and got stuck in a snow drift. Lost 'reverse' & shoveled 2 hrs to get out
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