A mine and a gully to Devil's Canyon
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:44 pm
I got an itch to go climb something today, so a spur-of-the-moment trip was on. I went to Chilao, dropped down a gully (from the start of the road to the Stony Ridge Observatory) to a bigger gully, climbed up a bit, and found equipment:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8488.jpg?variant=small)
a mine:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8501.jpg?variant=small)
and a shack:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8506.jpg?variant=small)
The shack has stuff:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8522.jpg?variant=small)
and a large machine:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8516.jpg?variant=small)
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8518.jpg?variant=small)
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8520.jpg?variant=small)
Wondering how helpful the wheels were in getting this thing out to this steep trailless slope. This is the Bell Hartman mine: http://www.lagoldmines.com/index.php?page=631306.txt
Then I descended down the larger gully to meet the Devil's Canyon trail and to Devil's Canyon proper. The gully is mostly dry (a still pool here and there), but has quite a bit of vegetation. If forests of poison oak are your thing, come visit! Thankfully there was very little thorny vegetation.
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8524.jpg?variant=small)
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8528.jpg?variant=small)
There're some smaller dryfalls that can be descended without ropes. One dryfall would require a rope, but it could be bypassed on the downclimber's right.
The stream in Devil's Canyon is flowing, but there's not much water there. I would have taken a photo, but was busy photographing this lizard:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8532.jpg?variant=small)
Also, it was hot.
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8488.jpg?variant=small)
a mine:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8501.jpg?variant=small)
and a shack:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8506.jpg?variant=small)
The shack has stuff:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8522.jpg?variant=small)
and a large machine:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8516.jpg?variant=small)
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8518.jpg?variant=small)
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8520.jpg?variant=small)
Wondering how helpful the wheels were in getting this thing out to this steep trailless slope. This is the Bell Hartman mine: http://www.lagoldmines.com/index.php?page=631306.txt
Then I descended down the larger gully to meet the Devil's Canyon trail and to Devil's Canyon proper. The gully is mostly dry (a still pool here and there), but has quite a bit of vegetation. If forests of poison oak are your thing, come visit! Thankfully there was very little thorny vegetation.
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8524.jpg?variant=small)
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8528.jpg?variant=small)
There're some smaller dryfalls that can be descended without ropes. One dryfall would require a rope, but it could be bypassed on the downclimber's right.
The stream in Devil's Canyon is flowing, but there's not much water there. I would have taken a photo, but was busy photographing this lizard:
![Image](https://gal.secretsauce.net/travels/SanGabriels/BellHartman/DSCF8532.jpg?variant=small)
Also, it was hot.