The Black Cat Pass Trail.

Background.

I wasn’t able to go on the Wednesday ride a week ago so this time I needed to get out so we met the group at the Arco Station.

On Our Way.

By 9:00 we were on I-10 heading east.

Off the Highway.

At the off ramp for Hwy.60 we took a right turn off the ramp and headed into the hills to the south of I-10.

A Broken Spring.

We followed this wash for a while. At one place Bill stopped his jeep and got out to look under the rear. It turned out that the passenger side rear coil spring had broken in half. Bill could still drive the jeep but it sagged on the passenger side.

A short distance further along the wash, we came to where there are culverts going under I-10.
There was also a place where Bill could get onto the highway here. Bill figured he could drive home with the broken spring so they got on the highway and went home.

We Continued Our Ride.

We drove through the culverts…

We drove around the north side of the highway for a while but eventually we came back to Hwy. 60.

Black Cat Pass.

Here we headed east on 60.
Just past the town of Hope we turned to the left and got onto Black Cat Pass Road.

We followed Black Cat Pass Road.

The trail goes under the Rail Road Trestle.

We could see this concrete structure so we followed a skinny trail up to the mine.

There was a large flat area here so we decided to have lunch.

After lunch we continued along the trail.

The trail came back to the RR tracks and follows them for a while.

Eventually the trail goes under the tracks.

The trail drops into a wash with lots of ATV wash board; which made for a bumpy ride.

We came to another culvert but it was too small to go through

We turned around and found another trail.

We came to Highway 60 again and crossed the highway and went through another gate on the south side of the highway.

We drove around on this trail for a while and eventually came back to the highway where we aired up the tires and headed for home.

We stopped at Carl’s Jr for supper with the group.

It was a good ride and I needed to get out. My back is still hurting though, so I’ll be taking it easy today (Thursday).