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Big Cottonwood Creek Valley

Cloverdale Basin
Cloverdale Basin
Rainbow Lake
Big Cottonwood Creek Val.
Big Cottonwood Creek Val.
Rainbow Lake
Cloverdale Basin & Mine
Nipple Mountain
At the Balman Reservoir
Silver Lake Cottonwood Peak from East Cottonwood Peak
Cottonwood Peak from North
Rainbow Lake      
     

From Cottonwood Peak to Hayden Pass s

To get there drive from Hillside, 13 miles north on Hwy 69, and turn west to CR198. The top destination is Cloverdale Basin. The Silver Lake Trailhead is a loop 6 miles long. The North Lake Creek Valley is surrounded by Wulsten Baldy and Eagle Peak, and the trail-less South Lake Creek Valey is between Eagle Peak and unnamed 12,580 mountain.

Big Cottonwood Creek Valley: View from North. The creek originates near summit of Cottonwood Peak (in the center of the photo). On the left is Wulsten Baldy and on the right is a ridge ending with Nipple Mountain.

 

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