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Old 07-22-17, 04:50 PM
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The third one is at the high point of the Esmeralda Basin trail. It climbs up onto the shoulder of the Esmeralda Peaks at about 6000 feet. There is a little side scramble that gives an awesome view of Hawkins Mountain and the surrounding area which is where I took the photo from. Esmeralda Basin trail drops, quite steeply, off the backside into a series of pretty chunky switchbacks where it dumps you out onto the "Jeep Road from Hell" that you try to ride, but mainly push (although I know at least one person who has ridden it) up to Gallagher Head Lake. The descent from the lake is pure joy.

I rode it on a Turner RFX, full suspension mountain bike. It's a nice short backcountry mini-epic.
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