Cougar Mountain Hike

Cougar Mountain is the site of an old coal mining town. Here you will see some photos of the remains from the 1800's.

	Ready to hit the trail, but not ready for the camera.
	Now ready for the camera.
	Lisa grabs a map ... as if we'll need it. With my keen sense of direction, maps are useless.
	Overview of all the trails for Cougar Mountain.
	The first posted sign.
	The trail we decided to take first.
	This is Lisa.
	This is Me.
	Lisa trying to decide which way to go.
	There are many areas where the tunnels underground collapsed. This is an area where the ground has fallen to fill in the tunnel deep below.
	An attempt to show the sunken landscape. I don't think the photo came out very well.
	Lookout platform.
	Lookout platform.
	Lookout platform.
	Swamp area on the way to see the grate covered mining shaft.
	Lisa standing in front of the swamp.
	Huge grate covered mining shaft. Lisa and I threw rocks down and they would dissapear in the darkness.
	After you throw a rock down, you can hear it for a long time as it starts to get more and more distant.
	If you yell in, you don't really hear an echo, I have the feeling the tunnel goes down a long way.
	I walked out in the middle of the grate. It was pretty fun looking down into the shaft.
	We saw a lot of beer bottles and cans down in the shaft.
	Another sign.
	Woodpeckers.
	Woodpeckers.
	Woodpeckers.
	Woodpeckers.
	The land caved in here.
	Fun little bridge. This area has a creek in the winter and spring. It was pretty dry today.
	Dried out water area.
	Pretty large fallen tree.
	Dried out water area.
	Scenic shot.
	Lisa on the trail.
	Lisa climbed up on a rocky area.
	Closeup of Lisa on the rocks.
	Small bridge over small creek.
	My foot on the bridge. I love these shots.
	Meadow Restoration area. This area use to be a baseball field when the miners lived here. Now they are restoring it back to a meadow.
	Lisa stealing the horses water.
	Horses water bucket.
	Cemented off mining shaft.
	Danger sign.
	Danger sign.
	Air vent from mining shaft.
	Mining pictures.
	Mining picture.
	Mining picture.
	The last sign on the trail.