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One of my favorite trails. Perfectly graded. The rare American trail with no switchbacks. A couple no fall zones make it sexy. I wonder how many other forgotten Mother Lode trails are in these canyons? Certainly the mountain lions know. 🐈

“The Stevens Trail's history began in the 1870s as a toll road connecting the gold rush towns of Iowa Hill and Colfax. It was largely forgotten for decades until it was rediscovered by a Boy Scout in 1969 and re-charted as a hiking trail. The trail is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is known for its historic mining sites and scenic views along the North Fork of the American River. 

The toll road was active from 1870 until 1895. 

The Stevens Trail is typical of mid-19th century pack trails in the Mother Lode, but while other Mother Lode trails evolved through use and need, the Stevens Trail was an engineered alignment, surveyed with instruments. It is direct, even in gradient and free of switchbacks. 

The Stevens Trail remains essentially unchanged since its construction except for about one thousand feet which were overlain by the construction of a logging road in 1978. Of the several toll roads and trails which crossed the North Fork of the American River during the latter half of the 19th century, only two are still in use, the Stevens Trail and the Michigan Bluff-Last Chance Trail.”

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EDS: Hot Pilates 🔥🔥

Stevens Trail✨🫏⛏️💛

EDS:♾️

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