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The ultimate adventure guide
Salt Lick Trail starts out as a dirt road.
As the road ends and becomes a trail, stay straight and don't cross the creek here.
Great views looking back toward Silverthorne.
A local helps get the adventure back on track!
Wildflowers are plentiful in mid-summer.
Many stands of trees are dead due to beetle damage.
At the junction of the Lily Pad Lake Trail.
Little Lily Pad Lake.
Big Lily Pad Lake.
A few blooms remain in early August.
Buffalo Mountain and Lily Pad Lake.
Lily Pad Lake.
Wildflowers adorn the trail.
The lower part of Salt Lick Trail was popular with bikers.