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Hi Everyone,

Here are some pics I took back in 2009 when I headed up to Cinnabar. This town is located about 15 miles west of Yellowpine and is kind of hidden. The Forrest Service has tried to remove all of the signs that point to this town, but if you are handy with Google earth, you can put in these coordinates 44°55'14.10" N 115°17'15.19" W.


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Jason & Tonya
Can-Am Outlander 650
Bombardier Outlander 400 Max XT

Man, I am REALLY going to have to check this place out this fall. I will be up around that area anyway! Thanks for sharing!

That looks like a cool ride !
Was it easy to access ?
What was the huge building ? A Lodge ?
Id like to read some history on it up there .
Thanks for sharing

So did they try to remove signs to reduce any tourism an vandlism ?

It is actually pretty easy to get there from Yellowpine, there is one water crossing (not very deep). The large building I believe is a large bunk house or hotel. This town is still in private ownership from a family that lives in Boise. The mine was still active up until the mid 1960's when it closed. They mined cinnabar, this is basically mercury. Currently this is a Super Fund site due to mercury in the area and the Forrest Service is trying to clean this area up. The rumor is they will tear down the town once the legal wrangling gets completed and the family that owns the claim loses it. This part of the Payette National Forrest has a colorful history. There is not a very good relationship between the Forrest Service and the local residents.

This link has some pictures showing the water crossing from a Jeep forum

Here is a link to more information on what is going on with the Forrest Service and the Locals.


Here is a link to more pictures of Cinnabar and Stibnite. Sadly Stibnite was torn down by the Forrest Service but luckily a lot of buildings were actually moved into McCall, some of the houses are located on Stibnite Street.

Here is another website with information about Stibnite

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Jason & Tonya
Can-Am Outlander 650
Bombardier Outlander 400 Max XT

Thas kind of sad ...

Yeah it is. It is still worth visiting while its still here. There is a lot of good riding in this area.

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Jason & Tonya
Can-Am Outlander 650
Bombardier Outlander 400 Max XT

Your right, its east!!! I don't know what I was thinking...

Thanks for the additional information and History! If you have more pictures it would be great to see them! I recently picked up the book called "83 Miles of Hell, the Stibnite ore haul, 1942 to 1952. Its a pretty good book to read with lots of photos.

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Jason & Tonya
Can-Am Outlander 650
Bombardier Outlander 400 Max XT