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| Hiking | 14.59 Miles |
3,346 AEG |
| | Hiking | 14.59 Miles | 7 Hrs 13 Mns | | 2.32 mph |
| 3,346 ft AEG | 56 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | An April Saturday in the 70s made a revisit to golden dome a good choice. I mapped out a loop with as much singletrack as possible and with minimal sandy wash slogging. Along the way we visited or at least got a view of a few of the arches that this range has to offer.
There was a surprising amount of cloud cover, and toward the end of the day we thought some of the nearby rain showers might sprinkle over us, but that wasn't to be.
I picked a different route to the summit than last time. Instead of the protected chute, we went straight up from the little saddle just to the west of the chute. Three really big steps (the kind that will rip your pants) and juggy holds made it a fairly easy ascent. We descended the same route. There really are several options for gaining the peak, choosing which one depends on your comfort with scrambling and exposure.
From the summit we headed over to 3141 before dropping down and heading down Black Glass, where we saw our first 3 others on the day (one of which informed us we were "almost there" despite having no idea where we'd been or were going -- this frequent occurrence tends to amuse me). We saw two more hikers near the end which completed the crowd out there today.
Fun to do this one again! |
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
A globemallow! |
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| I'm not sure what my spirit animal is, but I'm confident it has rabies. |
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