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| Hiking | 10.36 Miles |
2,556 AEG |
| | Hiking | 10.36 Miles | 8 Hrs 46 Mns | | 1.38 mph |
| 2,556 ft AEG | 1 Hour 15 Mns Break | 10 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | It was Linda's week to pick, so Joe came up with this one, a rehash of an attempt from last year.
The drive in on FR201/25 was uneventful. The road is in decent shape with two shallow creek crossings. I was mindful of the rules of the road while making the climb up to the TH, noting what I would do if I met another driver on the narrow road sections.
A glorious 32 degrees with no wind to start, as the sun was rising. We peered over to Mt Ord and wondered if @DixieFlyer was making his bi-monthly ascent (he was). The first 1.2 miles were on established trails.
After that, we followed an old cowboy trail that ran past Marion Spring (flowing) and the two Chalk Springs (Pools) until it petered out. Travel was okay until we had to cross the drainages. There it was thick, overgrown, and moist from the previous day's rains. We were soaked. Joe may have also mentioned that his shoes were wet a few times.
Cross-country travel was easy to Peak 4642. The steep, loose descent slowed us down a bit. Making our way over to the confluence of the South Fork of Sheep Creek and Tournament Creek, we scouted for a route down and back up the other side of Tournament Creek. Once again, slow going.
After a bit further, Joe suggested we were going to run out of light if we continued the additional two miles and 1500' to the peak. I had already turned around.
Now all we had to do was go up all the steep, loose stuff we'd hit on our way to this point.
Since we had some extra time on the way back, we stopped at the Marion Spring area to search it out and attempt to find Joe's reading glasses that were lost in one of the thickets. We were 1 for 2, the spring was flowing nicely.
I'm going to leave this summit for some more adventurous (read younger) HAZ'ers. I can't wait to read about it! |
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