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5,361 AEG |
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| no partners | | After hiking Yale yesterday, I became much smarter. I took an obscure route via Grouse Canyon. It brings you thru the backdoor to Princeton. This is by far my favorite route of a 14er so far. It had everything. 5,100AEG in 3.3 miles. Then I me more some by doing a little variation on the way back. I cliffed out once but was able to find a route back down pretty quickly. The hike follows a old road for about 1/4 of a mile and then descends to the creek. It was a little nerve racking until it was light. At one point, I dropped my glove and jumped out of my skin from the noise. It was complete blackness with no sound. Once I heard the creek, I headed towards it missing some cairns along the way that I notice on my way back. Cairns really didn't matter all you do is head up. Fast forward to 11,000 ft and the talus field. Again I choose my own route up the rocks so I didn't take one step forward and side back on the "trail". I kept looking back to watch the morning light unfold...it was awesome. A real photo guy would have a field day with the cascades and the lighting and the surrounding mountains. When I hit the 13,000ft saddle, I had climbed 3600ft in little over 2 miles. I took a break here and warmed up in the sun and also applied sunblock. I also choose my route and decided to keep it simple and just contour for awhile. You can make this hike class 2,3 or 4 depending on what you want. My trip up was mostly 2 with a little 3. The way down was 2,3, and a little 4. I didn't top out on peak 13,971 on the way over but did on the return. I was the only one on this route and didn't see anyone until the summit. Didn't see anyone on the return either. Although, someone did park next to me. Probably someone going for a stroll. Another great day but the weather has been stopping me from doing doubles  |
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