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| partners | | The full moon must be in full effect, because in the same week that it snowed in the desert, I got John to agree to go hunting for rock piles in the Ancha.
We were a little nervous about the drive in, but it ended up being rather pedestrian and the vehicle was capable. We started at the Deep Creek Trailhead to a snowy parking lot and trail. The hike in was a little slow going as we had to break trail through several inches of crusty snow. Despite the more strenuous hiking, we still enjoyed the snowy hike, although we were a little surprised to see that much snow at 5k feet. I can only imagine how much must have fallen in the higher elevations. The hike out was made considerably easier by the path we broke on the way in.
The ruins were one of the more unique sets that I have run across out there and located within a pretty cool setting. The highlight of the ruins was a teetering but tall intact section of wall on top of a natural crumbling stone pedestal in the middle of a several room compound. I was able to reach the upper ruin through a class four scramble and exposed cat walk along a blocky spine. The defensive nature of this set of ruins was evident. After spending some considerable time at the ruins, we returned the way we came.
Great to get back into the Ancha and great to get back out with John again. |
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