Re: One more day on the Madera Sugar Pine grades....

A little further up and the grade is better defined:


I then found what appeared at first to be a big tie. I think it's actually part of a cable roller. Possible an upright roller as there is a slight curve in the incline here.


There's two spikes in this timber pointing opposite directions. It's well over 1 x 1 foot in dimensions. Much too big for an ordinary tie...


A little higher and you can get a perspective of how steep this incline is. You can also see a slight curve that I just came around:


I'm coming out of the trees now and looking towards the right a little you can see quite a view to the north:


I'm now about 200 feet above the mainline.

To be continued...