19 backcountry hikes and 4WD adventures in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

“Avalanche” Stamp Mill
I came across notes of this stamp mill years ago while doing my normal research. It was a small silver ...
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“Piute” Stamp Mill
With a tip from our friends at Explore Historic California, we found a small three stamp mill in the Sierra ...
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“Song and Star” Mines
Back in 2004, Morgan, Ric and I were out exploring in the Stanislaus National Forest on the hunt for some ...
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“Squaw” Stamp Mill
In 2004, I met up with Morgan and Ric to do some mine exploring in the Stanislaus National Forest (in ...
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Adamson Mine
At 12,990 ft (3960 m), the Adamson is the highest mine in the Sierra Nevada. And as you might suspect, ...
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Bennettville Ghost Camp
Bennettville was a small mine camp that had that typical ghost town story of boom and bust of a big ...
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Crystal Stanislaus Cave
Alysia and I met up with Brian and his daughter Alisha for a little cave exploring around the Stanislaus River ...
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Dana Ghost Camp
I did a little solo hike up to the old townsite of Dana, which is high up on Tioga Hill ...
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Don Alvadore Mine
The Don Alvadore mine is a single adit and stope 500 ft up on a cliff above Lundy Canyon. The ...
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Golden Crown Mine
The Golden Crown mine is up at 10,640 ft along the Sierra crest in Yosemite National Park. The hike to get up ...
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Golden Gate Stamp Mill
The Golden Gate Mill is a neat site and fairly easy to get to. The ten stamp mill got its ...
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Lakeview Mine
Over the summer of 2013, I took a trip to the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains and hiked up to the ...
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Log Cabin Mine
First of all, this mine and mill have quite a view. That alone is worth the trip up here. The ...
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Owens Valley Three Stamp Mill
Last year, I stopped by a forgotten and overlooked three stamp mill in the backcountry of Owens Valley. Seems like ...
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Par Value Mill
Late autumn of 2017 found us tracking down a very unusual stamp mill high in the Sierra Nevada mountains of ...
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Summit Mine
High up in the spires of the Sierra Nevada there lies a hidden and seldom visited mine where a trail ...
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Telegraph City
I had been wanting to check out this area for a while and one day we were able to meet ...
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Last Updated on January 29, 2021 by Guy Starbuck