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Who knows where i will end up next week, but I have some ideas. Happy hiking, Jim
A view of red Lake and the steep 3/4 mile ascent they made.
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A plaque was placed by the Odd Fellows.
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Known as the painted rocks.
Aug, 24, 1849 . About the time gold was discovered in the mother lode.
After reaching the summit the pioneers found a resting place to rest and reassemble the wagons.
No coke machines here.
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And you think you have a tough job!
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More boulders moved out of the way.
Some photos don't show just how steep the ascent was.
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Using large steel bars, large rocks had to be pushed to the side so the oxen and wagons could get through. And that is after cutting and moving trees that were in the way.
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A steep ascent with lots of obstacles.
This is as far as i could go down toward red Lake. The trail was just grown over. It is how it must have looked to the pioneers before they blazed a trail.
Trail marker.
A resting place above red Lake.
Bear scat.
What they saw looking to the top of the summit. How disheartening that must have been.
Trees had to be cut down and moved to get the wagons through.
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Wagon wheel ruts worn into the granite.
Red lake. At the base of the ladder. The pioneers camped around the lake, resting and dissembling their wagons to get ready for the long 3/4 mile ascent to the summit. Records show there were often 50,000 migrants a month coming over the Carson Pass. This photo shows some of the steepness they had to traverse. Oxen often fell to their knees, bruised and battered and bloody they made trip after trip.
Columbine.
Scar is mostly grown over.
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The slope was often 45 degrees. Wagons were unloaded , dissembled and everything either carried on the back of men or oxen were double yoked and pulled wagon parts up the slope. Ropes and chains were rapped around trees to get a purchase. This tree shows the scar from from such activity.
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