Awful Stair

A path ascended into the White Mountains on the western side of the Juggler's Close, where the great peak of the Heaheall (Éo."High Hall") lurked over the edge of the Deeping Coomb.Leaving the Horn Road at the base of the Heaheall, this trail slipped by an old Dunnish burial field and wound its way up toward an abandoned copper mine.There the route filtered into the mountain, following  the damp, vacant tunnels.Eventually, the circuitous path exited the mine and reached an underground river channel, beside the  point where the stream (Heallstrem) disappeared on the final leg of its journey toward the Deeping Stream.Then, the trail climbed  a narrow granite stair beside the cascading waters.Hundreds of steps above was the Chamber of the Awful Stair.