Mormon Basin Cutoff Road

Mormon Basin Cutoff Road is a well-maintained dirt and gravel road, mostly one lane wide with pullouts. It is a shelf road with blind curves and considerable dust. The north end of the road is in an old mining area with some present-day active mining activity. Due to the shelf nature of the road and some private property, there are no obvious places to camp. The road traverses down a long draw with excellent panoramic views of the valley below. Since it is open range, there could be cattle on the road.

Near the north end of the road, there is what appears to be a large drum-style placer mining cradle. Although rusted and probably frozen in place, it still has the rollers on which the drum turned.