Mail Summit Road (view SW from Cherry Creek Road, westbound) |
Mail Summit Road (view SE from Cherry Creek Road, eastbound) |
Directional sign (view S) |
Directional sign (view S) |
Mail Summit Road (view S) |
Mail Summit Road runs straight, but sharp curve ahead (view S) |
Mail Summit Road approaching caution, curve ahead sign (view S) |
Mail Summit Road at caution, curve ahead sign (view S) |
Caution, unexpected curve to the right ahead (view S) |
Mail Summit Road approaching sharp curve to the right (view S) |
Around the curve, road dips into Cherry Creek Wash (view NW) |
Mail Summit Road descending towards Cherry Creek Wash (view NW) |
Mail Summit Road crossing Cherry Creek Wash (view NW) |
Mail Summit Road climbing out of Cherry Creek Wash (view W) |
Narrow roadway climbing at moderate grades (view W) |
Mail Summit Road curves to continue south (view SW) |
Mail Summit Road approaching backside of caution sign (view SW) |
Mail Summit Road runs across rolling terrain (view SW) |
Mail Summit Road (view SW) |
Mail Summit Rd passing one of several minor ranch roads (view SW) |
Mail Summit Road runs across rolling terrain (view SW) |
Mail Summit approaching backroad to Cherry Creek town (view SW) |
Historical sign at road intersection (view S) |
Historical sign at road intersection (view S) |
Mail Summit Road approaching a cattle guard (view SW) |
Mail Summit Road approaching a side road (view SW) |
Mail Summit Road at a side road (view SW) |
Mail Summit Road runs across rolling terrain (view SW) |
Mail Summit Rd approaching Garden Valley Rd (triangle intersection) |
Mail Summit Road at Garden Valley Road (view SE) |
Mail Summit Road passing Garden Valley Road triangle (view SW) |
Mail Summit R approaching a cattle guard and side road (view SW) |
Mail Summit Rd passing one of several minor ranch roads (view SW) |
Another minor ranch road (view W from Mail Summit Road) |
Mail Summit Road (view SW) |
Mail Summit Road (view SW) |
Cattle at a watering hole along Mail Summit Road (view SE) |
Mail Summit Road passing one of several minor ranch roads (view S) |
Mail Summit Road approaching caution sign: curve left (view S) |
Mail Summit Road at caution sign: curve left (view SW) |
Caution sign: unexpected, curve left ahead (view S) |
Pine Creek Rd merging into Mail Summit Rd from the right (view S) |
Mail Summit Road approaching Worthington West Road (view S) |
Mail Summit Road at Worthington West Road (view S) |
Approaching second intersection to Highway 375 (view SE) |
Mail Summit Road at a cattle guard (view SE) |
Approaching Garden Valley Gravel Pit campsite (view SE) |
Grand scenery from the campsite (view NE) |
Intersection with Freiburg Mine Road (view SE) |
Grand scenery off across Garden Valley (view E) |
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Wide open road (view SE) |
Cattle guard at fenceline (view SE) |
Fenceline east of cattle guard (view SE) |
Wide open road (view SE) |
Lots of yellow flowers after summer rains |
Intersection with Garden Valley West Road (view SE) |
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Mail Summit Road approaching Garden Valley Crags (view SE) |
Mail Summit Road approaching Garden Valley Crags parking (view SE) |
Garden Valley Crags parking (view E from Mail Summit Road) |
Wide open road (view SE) |
Backside of the Garden Valley sign (view SE) |
Wide open road (view SE) |
There's a Patchnose Snake atop that mound! |
Wide open road (view SE) |
Fly-boys going over in their Pavehawks (view S) |
Wide open road dropping into Wild Horse Valley (view SE) |
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Mail Summit Road southbound in Wild Horse Valley (view SE) |
This curve gets washboarded (view SE) |
Watch for sheep in the road (view SE) |
Approaching Murphy Gap, a gap in the mountain range (view E) |
Mail Summit Road at Wildhorse Valley Road (view E) |
The wash often puts flood debris on the road here (view E) |
Entering Murphy Gap (view E) |
Murphy Gap, a gap in the mountain range (view E) |
Murphy Gap, a gap in the mountain range (view E) |
Beginning to exit Murphy Gap (view E) |
The wash often puts flood debris on the road here too (view E) |
Approaching Murphy Gap Well (view E) |
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Mail Summit Road at Cold Spring Road (view E) |
Mail Summit Road approaching information sign (view E) |
Mail Summit Road at Cold Spring Road (long triangle intersection) |
Mail Summit Road approaching information sign (view E) |
Murphy Gap information sign (view S from roadway) |
Murphy Gap information sign (text of the sign PDF) |
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Historic corral on the right (view SE) |
Crossing Coal Valley (view SE) |
Mail Summit Road at road to Sliver Canyon area (view SE) |
Mail Summit Road at cattle guard (view SE) |
Grand view across Coal Valley (view N) |
Sheep herder's trailer in southern Coal Valley (view E) |
Grand view across Coal Valley (view N) |
Grand view across Coal Valley (view N) |
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Crossing Coal Valley (view SE) |
Mail Summit Road at curve and Coal Valley West Road (view SE) |
Mail Summit Road passing Coal Valley West Road (view SE) |
Exiting the curve (view SSE) |
Beginning to climb out of Coal Valley (view S) |
Climbing out of Coal Valley (view S) |
Backside of Coal Valley sign, on the left (view S) |
Looking back at front-side of Coal Valley sign (view N) |
Entering higher-elevation Pinyon-Juniper Woodland zone (view S) |
Mail Summit Road at Jackrabbit Road (view S) |
Jackrabbit Road (view E from Mail Summit Road) |
Water ran across the road here (view S) |
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Heading into the hills (view S) |
Side road to the right to Silver Canyon area (view S) |
Road to Silver Canyon area (view SW from Mail Summit Road) |
Side road left to a campsite (view S) |
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Crest of Mail Summit (view SE) |
Descending over Mail Summit (view SE) |
Mail Summit Road at one-way split (view S) |
Good, one-way road downhill (view S) |
Not-so-good, one-way road downhill (view S; this gets rocky) |
Good, one-way road downhill (view S) |
Good, one-way road downhill (view S) |
End of one-way section (view SE) |
Two-way, but still narrow roadway (view SE) |
Dropping out of the mountains (view SE) |
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Dropping into the Pahranagat Valley (view SE) |
Old Mail Summit Road (view SE; beware - maps still show this road) |
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Mail Summit Road at cattle guard in Highway 318 fence (view SE) |
Mail Summit Road at Highway 318 (view SE) |