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Closed gate indicating the Lost Horse Mine Trailhead.
Mojave mound cactus (Echinocereus mojavensis) along the Lost Horse Mine Trail.
Desert mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua) along the Lost Horse Mine Trail.
Desert mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua) along the Lost Horse Mine Trail.
California evening primrose (oenothera californica) along the Lost Horse Mine Trail.
Unidentified species (help us identify by providing feedback).
Hiker along the Lost Horse Mine Trail.
Mojave mound cactus (Echinocereus mojavensis).
Mojave poppy (Eschscholzia glyptosperma).
Hikers along the Lost Horse Mine Trail.
Stone rubble enclosure/ruin en route to Lost Horse Mine.
Notch-leaf Scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata).
Lost Horse Mine.
Lost Horse Mine.
View looking down the Lost Horse Road (now the Lost Horse Mine Trail) from the mine.
Mine shaft diggings at the Lost Horse Mine.
View back north toward the Lost Horse Mine from the trail's saddle.
View east toward Pleasant Valley and Malapai Hill (black) from the Lost Horse Mine Trail.
View northwest toward San Gorginio Mountain (11,503 ft) from above Lost Horse Mine.