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The road to Mineral King in cyan, as seen from Google Earth looking north-east. It takes 1.5 hours to drive this 25-mile long road!
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The Mineral King Road in cyan as seen from Google Earth, looking north-west. Our hike track is the yellow line near the top end of the road.
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Most of the road was paved, but a couple of sections near the top were dirt.
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Parking at our trailhead (there are several trailheads)
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Cars are protected from marmot attack from below!
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We ended up hiking in that direction, on the Timber Gap Trail
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But first, we had to explore a nearby waterfall!
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There's a cave at the base of the waterfall, on the right edge of this photo. We didn't get any closer to it than this.
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Hikers coming down from one of the trails above us
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As we climb the trail towards Timber Gap, our view of the valley and mountains changes constantly
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There were millions of caterpillars all over the ground, bushes and trails.
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The little dark spots on the trail in the foreground are caterpillars
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