Summer Vacation: Day 5

We had breakfast and lunch at the house and then hit the road. Destination was Iron Mountain. The first stop was the Iron Mountain Iron Mine. We decided to take the tour of the mine. When in operation the mine had 13 levels. The only one that is open for the tour is level 1. The others are flooded.

Big John

The Small Stope

Trout in pond of the small stope.

The Big Stope

The next stop was Pine Mountain. This is the site of one of the largest artificial ski scaffolds in the world. The scaffold height is 176 feet and the length is close to 400 feet.

From the end of the run off.

From the end of the scaffold.

Looking up the scaffold.

The scaffold.

Next stop was two waterfalls in the area. Fumee Falls and Piers Gorge.

Fumee Falls

Pier Three

It was getting dark as we were walking out to the van. We stopped for ice cream at DQ and then headed back to the house. It was a long day and we turned in for the night.

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