Come Hike With Us


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Here in the canyons, we take our hiking seriously. When we hike, we want to have serious fun!!! We invite all our canyon neighbors and also those outside the immediate area who may happen upon our website, to come out an enjoy our beautiful area and hike with us. Hike dates and locations are posted on our Event Calendar and are open to all who wish to attend.

Below you will find pictures taken from some of our previous hikes.
Click on any of the pictures shown to download a larger version of that picture.

	Silverado Motorway as the Sun breaks through the clouds.
	One of the several entrances to Silverado's Blue Light Mine, now blocked because of danger posed by flooded shafts.
	Modjeska Goat Shed at sunset, with Venus rising. OK, setting.
	Pine struggling to stand up straight on a mighty rock base.
	Musing on why coyotes leave so much scat in the trails, it came that it's surely to mark territory - just like humans do, only we fancy that we're fancier. Wile E misquotes Shelley but, literature ain't his bag.
	View of Ladd Canyon from the top of White Canyon.
	The good crew on a 2006 hike to the Blue Light Silver Mine in Silverado Canyon.
	An inside look at one of several Blue Light shafts, taken by pointing the camera through the barrier slats.
	Washout on the hillside trail required traversing a 2' X 12' foot bridge but, not for this smart pup.
	This independent fellow wouldn't even consider being picked up.
	Overlooking Holtz Ranch from the Silverado Truck Trail on the Mesa to the south.

You can view some of our local hiking trails here:
http://www.smrpd.org/hikes/SMRPDHikes100807.kmz (Last updated 10/08/2007)
You must have Google Earth downloaded on your computer to view this KMZ file.
If you DO NOT have Google Earth and would like to download it, click here:
http://earth.google.com/ On the left hand side you will see a link to "Downloads"
Click on that to download Google Earth. Once you have the program installed on your computer, you can put the link from above into your browser: http://www.smrpd.org/hikes/SMRPDHikes100807.kmz (Last updated 10/08/2007)
and open the downloaded file in Google Earth.

The KMZ file will be updated as new information or trails are added. We put a date next to the KMZ file to alert you of updates. If the updated file is newer than what you have downloaded into Google Earth, simply open Google Earth and delete the previous files by right clicking on the KMZ file and deleting. At that point you can download the new KMZ file to your computer.