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| Hiking | 2.11 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 2.11 Miles | 2 Hrs 14 Mns | | 1.00 mph |
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| partners | | After a night camped nearby with a fun group, a few of us decided to do a quick morning trip up the axe. The Telegraph Fire absolutely torched this approach, not a single thing survived until reaching the chute at the very top of the ascent which was somehow spared.
Oh the catclaw remains at the bottom, but it's just desert grasses up the slope, and whatever former occasional tread might have existed has been washed away. Flooding has eroded most of the dirt around the rocks and the footing is mostly loose.
I had forgotten about the crux on the knife edge between the lower false summit and the high point. Last time we down-climbed the west side to get around it, but this time I found a much more pleasant traverse across the west face starting from just above the saddle at the top of the chute. This worked splendidly.
The geology here is like no other. The surrounding desert may have burned, but the rocks remain unharmed. |
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