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Deadwood Ridge

Postby hemingray » Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:46 pm

Took a trip to Deadwood today, it's an old townsite 8 miles down a ridge from Foresthill Road. There's nothing there but a cemetery, and even that has few gravesites, but has a large memorial with many names that are known to have been buried there. It's, of course, a gold rush era site with lots of mine sites. Unfortunately, it's also got a lot of private property too, so gates are all over. Still, there's lots of open road and for an out and back of 16 miles I managed to put on 37 miles. The cool spot of the day was a jeep trail down to the North Fork of the Middle Fork American River - pure 4WD up and down, and truly a jeep trail for narrow vehicles. It was a blast.

First stop is where the Western States Trail (Michigan Bluff to Last Chance section here) heads down the canyon.

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Right alongside the trail as it drops away from the ridge is Devil's Thumb, a lava pinnacle.

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Across the canyon is Last Chance and the Pacific Mine, where this trail ends up.

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You need to BEHAVE!

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Further down the ridge is the old jeep road - narrow, and fun!

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At the bottom is the North Fork of the Middle Fork American River. The road comes right down to it. (water at left, road at right)

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Nice spot!

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It's all mine-claimed...

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There's a flat just above the river - obviously a good camp spot.

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No earthmoving machines, but there is some mine equipment here.

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And some original mine info.

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And a really big old tree, surrounded by poison oak.

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That's the highlight, most of the rest of the mileage was stub roads with no real views.

Here's a pic from Chicken Hawk Ridge, looking back at Deadwood Ridge (it's the 2nd one here - with the open areas that are a reddish color, the small ridge below here is Codfish Point).

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Hot and dusty day, but the road to the river was a gem.
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Re: Deadwood Ridge

Postby EigerMike » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:28 pm

very nice dave ! did you go swiming? :D
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Re: Deadwood Ridge

Postby hemingray » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:34 pm

Thought about it, but decided against it - with the amount of dust on the roads above, I would be an adobe rider by the time I got back.
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Re: Deadwood Ridge

Postby EigerMike » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:36 pm

i allways jump in if i can :D did you see many people out?
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Re: Deadwood Ridge

Postby hemingray » Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:09 am

Not down there! Elsewhere, the bowhunters were out and about, but closer to Foresthill Road. A few horseback riders and that was it.
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Re: Deadwood Ridge

Postby hemingray » Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:13 am

Here are a few shots of the Deadwood Cemetery. This is from 2009 - I didn't stop there yesterday because I've seen it....

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Looking toward Codfish Point and Chicken Hawk Road and Foresthill Road beyond.

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