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| Hiking | 5.67 Miles |
1,785 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.67 Miles | 6 Hrs 21 Mns | | 1.38 mph |
| 1,785 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 15 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I was going to head up to Mount Ord today and drive up and down FR 27 with all of the Teslas, but I looked at the weather forecast and this seemed like a perfect day to hike up to Saddle Mountain: temperatures around 40 with 30 mph wind gusts. So I headed off to the Mormon Grove TH instead.
I had heard that this was a very brushy hike, so I encapsulated myself in body armor. When I got to the TH the temperature was 37 degrees; when I finished the hike it was 43 degrees; and the winds were as advertised. So it was a perfect day to be wearing some heavy clothes to deal with some brush.
I hiked on a nice trail for a couple of miles and then began a steep off-trail ascent to a ridgeline below the horn of Saddle Mountain. This was a steep, brushy climb, and I thought that the steepness was much worse than the brush. For the most parts, there were lanes and gaps to avoid much of the brush.
Once I got up to the ridgeline, instead of climbing up to the horn, I traversed around it. This was the brushiest part of the hike, and it was slow going while heading up hill. I took my time and eventually made it to a saddle between the horn and the highpoint. From there, it was a fairly easy ascent to the summit, although there was a bit of easy class 2 scrambling to get up top.
I stayed at the summit for a good while to enjoy the views and eat lunch. While there I located the benchmark and both reference marks.
I headed back the way that I came up until I got to the ridgeline below the horn. Then I looked and it seemed much less brushy to head down to potato patch, so that is what I did.
I had a snack at potato patch, and then headed back to the trail which I took back to the TH.
I would not want to do this hike on a warm day, and today was just about perfect.
The hike was not as onerous as I expected, but I was expecting the worst. A lot of the bushwhacking wasn't all that pleasant, but I did not think that this was a terrible hike by any means.
I have been wanting to do this hike for a while, and I am happy to get it done! |
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Wildflowers Observation None
There were no wildflowers to be seen out here today. |
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| Civilization is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there |
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