Awesome location!
I've scouted the spot a few times but the warnings have always put me off (after being held up once by a park ranger at gunpoint I'm a little wary of video cameras in isolated, inescapable roads). There's also a legal tour if I recall.
How were the security arrangements inside and along the creek?
To contribute here's another,(but not as dramatic) hot springs abandonment nearby.
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