These pictures were taken at the 9000 foot level in the Inyo Mountains. The road up was quite a challenge, even for a buggy. Early in the last century, before refrigeration, salt was a very valuable commodity used to preserve foods. An elaborate tram was constructed to take salt from Saline Valley over the range and down to the railroad on the other side. Most of the Salt Tram stanchions are still standing. One wonders how they built it and got the cables strung 100 plus years ago. You can barely see one of the remaining cables extending down in the picture below.
Looking the other way (west) across Owens Valley towards the Sierra Nevada range. Mount Whitney, at 14,000+ feet the tallest peak in the contiguous 48 states, is to the left in the background.
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