{"id":1387,"date":"2017-10-02T07:31:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T11:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?page_id=1387"},"modified":"2017-10-15T21:31:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T01:31:58","slug":"loft-mountain-the-southern-skyline-drive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/loft-mountain-the-southern-skyline-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Loft Mountain – the Southern Skyline Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Big Meadows to Loft Mountain (click to see a larger map)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After spending the night at the Loft Mountain campground, we headed south and stopped at Yankee Horse Ridge.<\/p>\n

We hiked up a short trail to an old restored railroad bed. Back when this area was virgin forest,\u00a0the saw mills laid railroad track by cutting trees in a long road and laying track in the spaces just logged. The newly cut trees would be placed on the rail cars and taken to the mill.\u00a0 As the crew proceeded to cut more trail, the train returned with rails and the process was repeated.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When the area was logged over, the valuable steel was removed, rail by rail, and returned to the mill to be reused on the next logging rail section.<\/p>\n

The short rail section was uninteresting, but the falls above the railroad bed were very attractive, with falls that produced a rainbow of light.<\/p>\n