Mule Mountain Trail
The Mule Mountain Trail #919 is quite a good climb. There are various routes to take that can alter the total miles hiked. Our hike organizer said the trail received its name during the local Indian War period when mules, pulling a howitzer, supposedly slipped off the trail and fell into the creek, ruining the soldiers’ gunpowder until it could be dried. We went to the top of Mt. Baldy and back, probably about 10 miles round trip. There is a lot of information about this hike online, so I won’t duplicate that. Here are a few pictures from our climb up out of the valley fog on October 31, 2007
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One Little deciduous tree among the evergreens.
Maybe the ravine the mules fell into? 
Hikers on the trail cutting across the slope. 
Getting brighter, but we are still in the fog. 
Fall colors, Oregon style. 
Mature Madrone trees in the fog. 
On top of the fog! 
The fog starts to break up as we eat our lunch. 
Lunch near the top of Mt. Baldy. 
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