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The last ridge, about a mile away, blue sky. The terrain is the same decomposed ancient rocks found elsewhere in these mountains. Some of the cliffs are unavoidable so the road is blasted out of this flimsy bedrock. The road serves today as a fire road, so is well kept to several miles beyond the Flats. The final parts are very exposed, narrow and are worth getting to.

This photograph forshortens the distance looking uphill to the towers, with rock avalache gullies below between the trees. These chutes go for 600-800 vertical feet to a waterfall main gully.

The toll road is hard work, either walking, hiking, running or biking it; if you plan on the whole route, it's a long day on the legs. Mountain bikes are common the whole distance, hikers only to the Flats.

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