Come along, let's hike The South Yuba Independence Trail

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United States Picture by Al & Holly Rodriguez
Travel story: Come along, let's hike The South Yuba Independence Trail

Today we hiked the West side of the South Yuba Independence Trail, just North of Nevada City off of Highway 49. The Independence Trail is built on the original water course of the 1856 Excelsior Ditch. This canal carried water from the South Yuba River to the hydraulic gold mines in Smartville about 25 miles away. The Excelsior Ditch is an ingeniously designed and constructed facility made up of a combination of earthen and rock walled ditches and wooden flumes.

Because the Ditch... More