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State HWY to Unknown Trail - NW of Heber / Midway **Lots of pics, 56k beware**

Herzog

Herzog

somewhat damaged
Admin
Location
Wydaho
Went out in the jeep for a drive after work yesterday to do some exploring in my new backyard. There are a lot trails and areas to go to in this area!

We were able to get very high up on the trail (almost to the trail summit it seems) but the snow pack stopped us from continueing. If I had been in the buggy, we would have kept going right over the snow. :D

With the help of Google Earth, I have an arial shot and outline of where we went. It is beautiful up there!

On to the pics:

Here is the arial shot with a quick outline I drew over the top
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Early on the trail, we came across this view. Picture doesn't do it justice... the avalanche took out Hundreds of very large trees.
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South-East view of Midway and Heber
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Old mine buildings / facilities?
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Herzog

Herzog

somewhat damaged
Admin
Location
Wydaho
Little old shack on one of the mine sites
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Another S-E view from higher up
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Amy & Harley checking out the mine site
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Obligitory poser shot of the jeep
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Another... Check out those sexy bumpers :p
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Herzog

Herzog

somewhat damaged
Admin
Location
Wydaho
Snow pack in the Valley below Mine site #1
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This is really cool. The water coming out of the mountain is running underneath the snow pack, and it goes DEEP down in there.
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Picture doesn't do it justice. From this p.o.v. the water drops about 20 - 30ft
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View of the snow pack in the valley. There is a powerful stream of water under there somewhere :cool:
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Another view with the jeep
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Herzog

Herzog

somewhat damaged
Admin
Location
Wydaho
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Large I6 engine just below the mine site. The whole thing was longer than the jeep and almost half as tall. I assume it was used to run the mine shafts. This thing is massive... could probably kill rockwells. :p
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Back on the trail, heading upward :D
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The white on the ground is not snow... it's all rock. I'm assuming it's gypsum...? I need to pull out the old mineral book again. But it's everywhere.
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View across (South-West of the trail we are on)
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Herzog

Herzog

somewhat damaged
Admin
Location
Wydaho
Finally, some wildlife besides mosquitos!
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Amers workin that jeep :hickey:
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Crossing over above the ridge
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That's my woman! :D
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Herzog

Herzog

somewhat damaged
Admin
Location
Wydaho
Very dark picture from all the way up top
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And here is where our trail ended. I'm thinking I would have been able to continue in my buggy. Maybe next time. :)
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:D
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cruiseroutfit

cruiseroutfit

Cruizah!
Moderator
Vendor
Location
Sandy, Ut
Snake Creek :cool:

The mine you have shown is the Steamboat Tunnel...

Water was tapped up Snake Creek, piped down to the flume and powerhouse (near the spot the pavement ends) and the power was transfered via Pole Line Pass to the Yankee Mines in Mary Ellen Gulch...

EZ knows alot about these mines, inside and out, I have a couple maps of the insides... :cool:

Great Pics!!! :greg:
 
cruiseroutfit

cruiseroutfit

Cruizah!
Moderator
Vendor
Location
Sandy, Ut
Herzog said:
Large I6 engine just below the mine site. The whole thing was longer than the jeep and almost half as tall. I assume it was used to run the mine shafts. This thing is massive... could probably kill rockwells. :p
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Sweet compressor...

There is a very similar one at the bottom of Hey Joe Canyon in Moab... did that one have a name on it that you can remember?

Odd thing, the one at the bottom of Hey Joe is missing the head too :confused:
 
PierCed_3

PierCed_3

I drive Frankenstein!!
Location
Brigham
I can only imagine the tales that motor could tell. So much history in that area! I need to check it out. Good pics!
 
Amy

Amy

Limited Supply Of Sanity
Location
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That was the most fun that I have had in a long time.The whole trip was so amazing and beautiful. Though, as soon as we almost reached the summit, there was a massive amout of mosqutios. I think that most of my legs and arms are covered in mosquito bites. I also did not know that colonys of ants tend to take over the aspen trees that we swiped on the trail. They apparently had no problems falling right into the jeep. I think at the end of the night those ants found a wonderful new home in the local car washes vacuum . :)
Next time we will not forget ot bring the OFF!! There are a lot of good camping spots along the way. Herzog has found so many trails that are right in our backyard to explore that I cant wait to get out and venture into real life a little more. :D :D
 
Herzog

Herzog

somewhat damaged
Admin
Location
Wydaho
cruiseroutfit said:
Snake Creek :cool:

The mine you have shown is the Steamboat Tunnel...

Water was tapped up Snake Creek, piped down to the flume and powerhouse (near the spot the pavement ends) and the power was transfered via Pole Line Pass to the Yankee Mines in Mary Ellen Gulch...

EZ knows alot about these mines, inside and out, I have a couple maps of the insides... :cool:

Great Pics!!! :greg:
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Awesome! I was hoping that you or somebody would chime in with names for the areas. Google Earth wouldn't produce the names, so I went with "unknown trail" :D
 
Herzog

Herzog

somewhat damaged
Admin
Location
Wydaho
cruiseroutfit said:
Sweet compressor...

There is a very similar one at the bottom of Hey Joe Canyon in Moab... did that one have a name on it that you can remember?

Odd thing, the one at the bottom of Hey Joe is missing the head too :confused:
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I got a couple pics of it. I didn't see a name stamp on it (I didn't look very hard) but I did snap a pic of the numbers.

The cylinder view has a quarter on it for size comparison.
 

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00harpdawg

00harpdawg

Registered User
Location
Draper, ut
trail

hey that seems like a really cool trail i would like to go up there how do you get there it looks like it pass the homestead and that golf course up the canyon any info would be great and also thats a sweet jeep like it a lot
 
EZRhino

EZRhino

KalishnaKitty
Location
Sandy, UT
Nice pics! I've done a bit of exploring up there. We called the main mine (where the little building and the engine were at) the Hauntavirus mine (because of the white fuzzy stuff growing on the walls inside.) It is one of the best mine explorations that I have been in......probly went back at least 2500 feet, and lots of cool stuff. Oh! That was the mine that had all the dynamite in it!!! And bags of explosives too. On another occasion I hiked all the way up the trail you were on to the ridge (was all alone and didn't want to get stuck trying to drive it.) It has a real deep rutted section just ahead of where you were stopped by the snow. If you go all the way to the top you can literally park on the ridge with your headlights pointed down at Brighton. Pretty neat. Let me know when you go next time.

EZ
 
EZRhino

EZRhino

KalishnaKitty
Location
Sandy, UT
What is your deal, man>? You are so busy you have to plan a month is advance? :)

Probly be pre-running the SC that day and so will you :)

EZ
 
Amy

Amy

Limited Supply Of Sanity
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cruiseroutfit said:
Lets plan a run up there... Sat, August 6th?
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That is the day that Herzog and I are getting married!!
Otherwise we would tag along with you guys :(
 
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