#12 Mica Mountain Mine Trail
3.5 km one way with an extreme elevation gain of 3000' (900 meters) to the mica mine where you can still see large mica flakes at the mouth of the mine. The mine is at about 7000' (2100 meter) on a steep alpine slope. Mules were once used to haul the mica down from the mine. The average hiker should plan on spending about 8 hours on this hike.
Getting There Travel North from Valemount on highway 5 to Blackman rd. Turnn left onto Blackman rd. and follow it for several km then turn left onto Old Tete Juane rd. follow this for about 3km to the Mica Mountain forestry rd. If you reach the rail road tracks you have gone about 150 meters to far. Turn left onto Mica Mountain and follow it for about 9.5 km to a not so easy to see trail head sign.