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| Hiking | 17.14 Miles |
4,969 AEG |
| | Hiking | 17.14 Miles | 8 Hrs 49 Mns | | 2.34 mph |
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| no partners | | 20th trip to the SF Peaks, this time for Rees and Abineau, the only remaining summits on the mountain I hadn't walked over, as well as obviously the fall color. Lockett Meadow and Schultz tank TH were closed, so I came in from the ABJ side and did this figure 8.
Started a little before sunrise. The precipitation that had rolled through the previous evening/night had left clouds below the mountain to the north. Great views of them from Abineau.
Waterline revealed as prime of fall conditions as I've seen on it in person. Around the Bear Jaw junction was just perfect. I left Waterline road and headed up for Rees hoping enough snow had dropped to keep it mostly above board.
Rees took me longer than I'd hoped, but it wasn't because of snow. At some point the inversion layer rose to my level and then above. When I made Rees the unparalleled Inner Basin views were obscured by the cloud deck. Made for a very dramatic ridgewalk to Abineau.
After that I dropped into Inner Basin around Beard Canyon. Peak fall color all over IB made for a great descent, especially being so close to the bottom of the clouds. Around Bear Paw spring a big black bear walked up the road to about 20yards in front of me. When we noticed eachother it took off. I had seen only a few traces of bears up there before the fire and the closures, and since then I've seen a few in only a couple trips. Attribute this to the lack of human traffic and the reduced habitat.
Had Inner Basin to myself probably due to the Pipeline closure. Clouds made the yellow pop. Waterline looping back around was peak. Bear Jaw maybe had the best color of the day. Absolute peak higher up.
Glad to complete the summits and would be difficult to dream up a better day for it. |
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Autumn Foliage Observation Extreme
Waterline, upper Inner Basin, and upper Bear Jaw just perfect |
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