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| | Hiking | 8.00 Miles | 8 Hrs 12 Mns | | 1.53 mph |
| 3,086 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 58 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Atascosa trail #100
44 degrees at 8:00 am.
Breezy – chilly in the shade.
3 quarts of water – came back with one pint
Light breeze all day. Buzzed by three jets.
Woke myself up snoring while napping at the top.
It’s been two years since my last venture to the peak. I missed this hike but it was nice to see the area with fresh view.
8:04 – Started on trail #100
8:15 – Gate
8:44 – first overlook – about 10 min slower than two years ago
9:02 – Saddle – About 14 min behind – Trail has more level spots after this.
9:23 – Hairpin at Window – shortest time to this point was 55 minutes. Average time here is about an hour and five minutes. An hour and 19 minutes this trip.
Buried a pint of half frozen water here.
9:43 after a 20 minute break I decided to go off trail and head straight up the hillside to the saddle overlooking the long saddle between the lookout and the peak.
From here to the South end of the Saddle is less than 1000 feet.
This knocks off almost a mile of distance and some pretty hefty elevation gain.
10:01 – It took a little more than 15 minutes to climb the 500 feet to the small saddle.
10:03 – after a brief rest I headed NW down to the SW end of the saddle.
10:07 – 4:00 feet covered in less than 5 minutes.
10:27 – Took a break under the shade of the pines as the Saddle begins to rise.
There are a lot of downed trees along the way but there is still many opportunities for shade.
10:42 – left the shade and continued – While here I watched another Black Jet fly to the South. It looked like it was below the elevation of the lookout.
11:03 base of cliff
11:15 – At the cairn at the peak.
12:11 – After a short nap and a third fly by I headed back down.
12:57 – Rested at the same spot as 10:27
1:08 – Continued down and across the saddle.
1:29 – Reached same point as at 10:07 and rest here.
1:44 – Continued up to saddle above window.
1:48 – Reached saddle in about 5 minutes.
2:10 -Reached the window. It looks like it is falling apart. There were a lot more pieces laying around that have fallen from the ceiling. It’s a good place for shade.
2:15 – Back on the trail at the hairpin – (9:23) – Rested here and retrieved my cached water which was about half thawed.
2:41 – Left Hairpin
3:04 – Saddle (9:02)
3:09 – overlook (8:44)
3:13 – Clouds went away. I got hot and took advantage of some shade.
3:57 – Onward and downward – Clouds came back and it got chilly
4:21 – Gate
4:18 – Trailhead
Some of the breaks I took were genuinely needed. Others were for the view.
I started down the backside of the peak after my nap but I’ve been there before so this time I checked out the West side of the peak. Down as far as the cliffs would allow.
If I read the register correctly someone “Landed” at the top. Couple a helicopter land there? It’s reasonable level.
It looks like none of the clothes, bottles and trash are newer than 2 years ago.
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There are more cairns that I remember. I knock mine down on the return trip of about any hike. The problem, now, across the saddle and up through the cliffs is that there are too many to make sense of. |
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