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Sign at the Alturas Creek trailhead identifying trail uses.
Junction at the Alturas Creek/Alpine Creek Trail.
Trail sign after the Alturas/Alpine junction.
Bridge over Alturas Lake Creek.
Alturas Lake Creek from the bridge.
Trail sign at the junction with Eureka Gulch.
Fall colors and a rocky section of trail along Alturas Lake Creek.
A steep section of rutted trail as the trail climbs toward the head of the canyon.
Looking down the Alturas Lake Creek Canyon.
Trail sign at the Alturas/Mattingly junction.
The view from an open meadow looking down Alturas Lake Creek Canyon below the Ross Divide.
Trail sign at the Ross/Johnson junction at the head of Alturas Lake Creek Canyon.
Looking down Johnson Creek.
Looking down onto the Johnson Creek Trail.
Wilderness boundary sign at the Mattingly Divide.
Open meadows at the Mattingly Divide.