This used to be a noted stopping-place in the olden days, sometimes the whole flat area being covered with loaded wagons bound for the mines.
There is a rugged majesty about this Valley that has always made its impression on men.

To the right is the southern end of the Crystal Range, and to the left the Yosemite-like cliff known as Lover's Leap, 6985 feet elevation.

As the station at Strawberry is 5700 feet, this cliff is 1285 feet in sheer ascent.

Leading up it are strange columnar towers and structures of Egyptian appearance that remind us of those lines of Joaquin Miller's: Great massive rocks that near us lay, Deep nestled in the grass untrod By aught save wild beasts of the wood-- Great, massive, squared, and chisel'd stone, Like columns that had toppled down From temple dome or tower crown, Along some drifted, silent way Of desolate and desert town Built by the children of the Sun.
We pass under the great cliff, and past a glacially-polished dome on the left.

The cliff is all cross-hatched and seamed with infiltrations of quartz.