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Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
Fall colors along the start of the trail.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
Original site of the world's oldest chairlift, on Proctor Mountain.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
Getting higher in the canyon, overlooking Sun Valley.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
View toward the Sawtooth Mountains from the trail.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
Huge pine trees in the canyon.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
The trail goes in and out of forest on its way up Proctor Mountain.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
At the trail's highpoint on Proctor Mountain, taking in the views.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
Looking back toward the summit of Proctor Mountain.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
Heading out the ridgeline called Ruud Mountain.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
View from Ruud Mountain over Sun Valley.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
The top of the historic chairlift on Ruud Mountain.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
The Ruud Mountain Chairlift.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
A brief section of flat trail.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
10/16/2020
Very steep, tight switchbacks descending Ruud Mountain.