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SmugMug <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />Offroad guys would definitely rate this trail across the western foothills of the Caballo Mountains as an "easy" trail, which basically means you only have one or two hair raising moments.</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279262281_gexJf" title="Offroad guys would definitely rate this trail across the western foothills of the Caballo Mountains as an "easy" trail, which basically means you only have one or two hair raising moments."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6178/279262281_gexJf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Offroad guys would definitely rate this trail across the western foothills of the Caballo Mountains as an "easy" trail, which basically means you only have one or two hair raising moments." title="Offroad guys would definitely rate this trail across the western foothills of the Caballo Mountains as an "easy" trail, which basically means you only have one or two hair raising moments." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:15:44Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6178/279262281_gexJf-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 06:19:31 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />Trust me, no effort was made to take quality photos on this venture, because it was my plan to work my way all the way northward across the range and then on to Engles or Truth or Consequenc ...</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279262322_dNkXe" title="Trust me, no effort was made to take quality photos on this venture, because it was my plan to work my way all the way northward across the range and then on to Engles or Truth or Consequenc ..."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6180/279262322_dNkXe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Trust me, no effort was made to take quality photos on this venture, because it was my plan to work my way all the way northward across the range and then on to Engles or Truth or Consequenc ..." title="Trust me, no effort was made to take quality photos on this venture, because it was my plan to work my way all the way northward across the range and then on to Engles or Truth or Consequenc ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:14:08Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6180/279262322_dNkXe-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 06:19:54 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />This is typical of the road quality on this trail at its best.</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279262374_MoDEZ" title="This is typical of the road quality on this trail at its best."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6182/279262374_MoDEZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is typical of the road quality on this trail at its best." title="This is typical of the road quality on this trail at its best." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:16:33Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6182/279262374_MoDEZ-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 06:20:05 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />The trouble with this trail is that the further you go, the less likely it is that are going to encounter another human being should you break down.</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279262423_oXYFA" title="The trouble with this trail is that the further you go, the less likely it is that are going to encounter another human being should you break down."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6184/279262423_oXYFA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The trouble with this trail is that the further you go, the less likely it is that are going to encounter another human being should you break down." title="The trouble with this trail is that the further you go, the less likely it is that are going to encounter another human being should you break down." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:09:56Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6184/279262423_oXYFA-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 06:26:34 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />There is an old prospector in the area who told me about a man who ran out of gas up here on his ATV and wound up being a guest of the desert for four days. He knew to head west, but it was ...</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279262475_g7vGh" title="There is an old prospector in the area who told me about a man who ran out of gas up here on his ATV and wound up being a guest of the desert for four days. He knew to head west, but it was ..."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6186/279262475_g7vGh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="There is an old prospector in the area who told me about a man who ran out of gas up here on his ATV and wound up being a guest of the desert for four days. He knew to head west, but it was ..." title="There is an old prospector in the area who told me about a man who ran out of gas up here on his ATV and wound up being a guest of the desert for four days. He knew to head west, but it was ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:09:26Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6186/279262475_g7vGh-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 06:27:29 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />Caballo Lake sits in front of the range and is barely visible here.</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279262529_i3naC" title="Caballo Lake sits in front of the range and is barely visible here."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6187/279262529_i3naC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Caballo Lake sits in front of the range and is barely visible here." title="Caballo Lake sits in front of the range and is barely visible here." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:15:10Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6187/279262529_i3naC-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 06:28:47 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />I always violate the first rule of offroading, which is not to go alone. Best of all is someone with you in a separate vehicle so you can get back to civilization in comfort. But what fun ...</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279262593_k5UYk" title="I always violate the first rule of offroading, which is not to go alone. Best of all is someone with you in a separate vehicle so you can get back to civilization in comfort. But what fun ..."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6188/279262593_k5UYk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="I always violate the first rule of offroading, which is not to go alone. Best of all is someone with you in a separate vehicle so you can get back to civilization in comfort. But what fun ..." title="I always violate the first rule of offroading, which is not to go alone. Best of all is someone with you in a separate vehicle so you can get back to civilization in comfort. But what fun ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:17:11Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6188/279262593_k5UYk-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 06:30:20 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />Here's the trouble with having a Jeep. You may notice, there is no road in the picture. There is no road, because I did not take a road to get this high. I took an arroyo. When it rains, ...</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279275380_78Y4N" title="Here's the trouble with having a Jeep. You may notice, there is no road in the picture. There is no road, because I did not take a road to get this high. I took an arroyo. When it rains, ..."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/Img6204/279275380_78Y4N-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Here's the trouble with having a Jeep. You may notice, there is no road in the picture. There is no road, because I did not take a road to get this high. I took an arroyo. When it rains, ..." title="Here's the trouble with having a Jeep. You may notice, there is no road in the picture. There is no road, because I did not take a road to get this high. I took an arroyo. When it rains, ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:03:16Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/Img6204/279275380_78Y4N-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />At this point on the trail, it would definitely take about three hours to walk back down the road to Highway 187. Doesn't sound too bad until you figure that 3 hours is fine, provided you b ...</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279262718_Guej4" title="At this point on the trail, it would definitely take about three hours to walk back down the road to Highway 187. Doesn't sound too bad until you figure that 3 hours is fine, provided you b ..."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/Img6219/279262718_Guej4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="At this point on the trail, it would definitely take about three hours to walk back down the road to Highway 187. Doesn't sound too bad until you figure that 3 hours is fine, provided you b ..." title="At this point on the trail, it would definitely take about three hours to walk back down the road to Highway 187. Doesn't sound too bad until you figure that 3 hours is fine, provided you b ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:14:53Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/Img6219/279262718_Guej4-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />If you like this kind of driving, consider a couple of items: 1) roadside service is not coming; 2) nothing that happens to your vehicle is covered by your insurance policy; 3) you still hav ...</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279262838_vgUdd" title="If you like this kind of driving, consider a couple of items: 1) roadside service is not coming; 2) nothing that happens to your vehicle is covered by your insurance policy; 3) you still hav ..."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/Img6220/279262838_vgUdd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="If you like this kind of driving, consider a couple of items: 1) roadside service is not coming; 2) nothing that happens to your vehicle is covered by your insurance policy; 3) you still hav ..." title="If you like this kind of driving, consider a couple of items: 1) roadside service is not coming; 2) nothing that happens to your vehicle is covered by your insurance policy; 3) you still hav ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:15:15Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/Img6220/279262838_vgUdd-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />This is about half way up into the foothills towards the peaks themselves.</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279263027_kRCv4" title="This is about half way up into the foothills towards the peaks themselves."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6221/279263027_kRCv4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is about half way up into the foothills towards the peaks themselves." title="This is about half way up into the foothills towards the peaks themselves." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:08:11Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6221/279263027_kRCv4-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 07:19:56 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />Because of the size of the foothills, the road goes down, then up again, many times.</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279263174_eE2Tm" title="Because of the size of the foothills, the road goes down, then up again, many times."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6223/279263174_eE2Tm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Because of the size of the foothills, the road goes down, then up again, many times." title="Because of the size of the foothills, the road goes down, then up again, many times." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:18:34Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6223/279263174_eE2Tm-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 07:33:12 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />About half way up the length of Caballo Lake now.</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279263314_YB8Hi" title="About half way up the length of Caballo Lake now."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6225/279263314_YB8Hi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="About half way up the length of Caballo Lake now." title="About half way up the length of Caballo Lake now." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:09:16Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6225/279263314_YB8Hi-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 07:35:29 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />This facility is visible on Google Earth and mystified me. I'm told it is/was a mining operation.</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279263577_6CFGE" title="This facility is visible on Google Earth and mystified me. I'm told it is/was a mining operation."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6226/279263577_6CFGE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This facility is visible on Google Earth and mystified me. I'm told it is/was a mining operation." title="This facility is visible on Google Earth and mystified me. I'm told it is/was a mining operation." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:18:32Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6226/279263577_6CFGE-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 07:40:54 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />I say is/was a mining operation, because after you've driven by it you still can't be sure if it's an active enterprise or not. This was a Friday, and I didn't any cars or signs of activity ...</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279263756_aGwH8" title="I say is/was a mining operation, because after you've driven by it you still can't be sure if it's an active enterprise or not. This was a Friday, and I didn't any cars or signs of activity ..."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6229/279263756_aGwH8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="I say is/was a mining operation, because after you've driven by it you still can't be sure if it's an active enterprise or not. This was a Friday, and I didn't any cars or signs of activity ..." title="I say is/was a mining operation, because after you've driven by it you still can't be sure if it's an active enterprise or not. This was a Friday, and I didn't any cars or signs of activity ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:15:29Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6229/279263756_aGwH8-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 07:41:06 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />This is not merely a continuation of the journey but a reunion with this graded county road. I had taken a tiny rock road right to the foot of the northern most peak in the range and was th ...</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279263909_rg7Wu" title="This is not merely a continuation of the journey but a reunion with this graded county road. I had taken a tiny rock road right to the foot of the northern most peak in the range and was th ..."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6231/279263909_rg7Wu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is not merely a continuation of the journey but a reunion with this graded county road. I had taken a tiny rock road right to the foot of the northern most peak in the range and was th ..." title="This is not merely a continuation of the journey but a reunion with this graded county road. I had taken a tiny rock road right to the foot of the northern most peak in the range and was th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:12:00Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6231/279263909_rg7Wu-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 07:42:11 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />My venture north ended when I discovered the county road does not seem to continue northward past the foot of the northern peak, although I could have simply chosen the wrong one to take. W ...</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279264039_3iiW2" title="My venture north ended when I discovered the county road does not seem to continue northward past the foot of the northern peak, although I could have simply chosen the wrong one to take. W ..."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6232/279264039_3iiW2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="My venture north ended when I discovered the county road does not seem to continue northward past the foot of the northern peak, although I could have simply chosen the wrong one to take. W ..." title="My venture north ended when I discovered the county road does not seem to continue northward past the foot of the northern peak, although I could have simply chosen the wrong one to take. W ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:08:38Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6232/279264039_3iiW2-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 08:02:58 <p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com">Desert Gallery</a><br />Caballo Lake never looked so good, and the trip back to 187 from here was uneventful.</p><p><a href="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/4718209_7gYXi#279264202_fUMrb" title="Caballo Lake never looked so good, and the trip back to 187 from here was uneventful."><img src="http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6234/279264202_fUMrb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Caballo Lake never looked so good, and the trip back to 187 from here was uneventful." title="Caballo Lake never looked so good, and the trip back to 187 from here was uneventful." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-05T15:14:13Z Desert Gallery http://mears.smugmug.com http://mears.smugmug.com/Sierra-County/Caballo-Mountains-April-2008/IMG6234/279264202_fUMrb-Th.jpg 2008-04-12 08:06:53