In late October we spent a few days near Lone Pine, California. During one day of that visit, we drove up into the Sierras via the Horseshoe Meadows Road. This road climbs over 5,000 feet in 16 miles and offers spectacular views of the Owens Valley, Owens Lake bed (now nearly dry) and the surrounding mountain ranges.
View of the Horseshoe Meadows Road
(taken from Cerro Gordo)
(taken from Cerro Gordo)
A look down at the road below
Lone Pine (left), Diaz Lake (center)
and Boulder Creek RV Park (right)
and Boulder Creek RV Park (right)
Evidence of past Owens Lake shorelines before LADWP
caused the lake to dry up
Current state of the Owens Lake basin after several
years of the Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Project
Detail of part of present lake dust mitigation project
This area reminded me of the red algae brine pools that produce
the famous Saline Valley pink halite crystals.
Looking up at the Sierra Nevada skyline
The town of Keeler on the far edge of Owens Lake
Silver from the Cerro Gordo mines was shipped across
the lake by steamboat in the late 1800s.
Silver from the Cerro Gordo mines was shipped across
the lake by steamboat in the late 1800s.
The "Yellow Grade Road" which led from Keeler up to the Cerro Gordo town site below Cerro Gordo Peak
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