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Welcome to The Pioneer Mountains National Forest Scenic Byway panel
Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: May 12, 2018
Caption: Welcome to The Pioneer Mountains National Forest Scenic Byway panel
Additional Description: Captions: (left) Map of Pioneer Mountains National Forest Scenic Byway; (small photos, clockwise from upper left) The byway through 43 miles of Pioneer Mountains scenery including this meadow at Crystal Peak, with a view of Comet Mountain; Winter along the byway brings downhill skiing at Maverick Mountain, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling along Pioneer Mountain National Snowmobile Trail.; Elkhorn Hot Springs Resort is open year round, with a hot spring-fed pool, rustic cabins, and lodge.; Nine developed campgrounds offer sites for tents, or recreational vehicles, picnic tables, fire rings, potable water, and vaulted toilets. Camper may stay at a site for up to 16 days.; Trailheads along the byway connect with more than 250 miles of backcountry trails with varied opportunities for hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and exploring the forest with off-highway motor vehicles. Crystal Park provides opportunities to picnic and dig for quarts crystals, from May 16 to December 1.; The ghost town of Coolidge, part of the historic Elkhorn-Coolidge Mining District, is a half-mile hike from Forest Road No. 2465.; Cattle from local ranches graze the open rangeland of the Pioneer Mountains and cowboys at work are a common sight along the byway.; (bottom center) Grand Vista features picnic sites and an accessible trail to a fishing dock on White River. Stories of the land, people and animals of the Pioneer Mountains are retold in interpretive signs at Grand Vista and at other wayside locations along the byway.
Submitted: October 5, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p448237
File Size: 3.392 Megabytes

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