Pictures of Black Eagle Camp

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Trailhead map

Topomap

Historical marker about the Champion Spark Plug Mine

on White Mountain Ranch Rd & highway 6

The end of the pavement on white mountain ranch rd - walk 300-400 meters further and turn left into the dirt road that coasts the fence (there were 2 big tires at the junction as of 2021)

Memorize this structure: it is visible from far away

Memorize this ranch: on the way down it won't be easy to recognize it

The white strip points to the trailhead

The route to the trailhead and up

Walking on the white strip

The white strip to the trailhead

The white strip

Or walk on the unpaved road towards the trailhead

Walking in the desert

Walking on the road

Or take the gulch that parallels the road

The gulch

Into the gulch

The road resurfaces towards the end

Looking back at the gulch

Advancing into the canyon

A side road

and the name of the road you're walking on, 4S135

Marker 4S135

The gulch

When there's snow on the mountain, there's running water in the creek

Ruins at the beginning of the trail

Ruins at the trailhead

At the trailhead

Hiking up the gulley

The "trail" on the right of the gulley

The trail on the right side of the gulley

Looking back

The electric poles mark the route of the trail

The old electric poles

Looking at the electric poles from above

Up the trail (2021)

Follow these posts

Looking ahead

Intimidating nature

Looking ahead

Steep trail

and sometimes just the creekbed

The trail (2021)

The trail collapsed here in 2021

At this point

pay attention to the cairns

and scramble up this way to the plateau

This is the trail that you left and you can see the trail down below

The trail at the plateau - turn left

The trail is faint but these metal spikes mark the route

Black Eagle Camp from above

The plateau trail ends in the creek and continues on the other side to the cabins

The end of the plateau trail before the creek

Another way to bypass the collapsed section (more adventurous): climb up this white ravine (2021)

The bypass via the white ravine (2021)

Picture taken from the exact spot where the trail dead ends after the collapse. When you reach that little plateau you find the old trail still largely intact