There wasn't much snow on the first part of the four-mile long summit trail, but as we progressed, we found more.
Desert Girl was doing some training by carrying her cousin. The plan was to take him part way up the mountain, then his mom would take him down. He made it about 1/3 of the way up.
As we headed above treeline, the kids surged ahead. The rest of us were wanting more oxygen.
It's both daunting and beautiful coming up that first false summit and then seeing the peak far off in the distance.
And snow was the theme the rest of the way up. Although there were rocky patches, most of the way up was in the snow.
And then we were almost to the top!
The view to the south was gorgeous, looking down into the North Fork of Baker Creek, Baker Peak, Pyramid Peak, Mt. Washington, and the Highland Ridge.
My daughter and nephew walked with me along the summit ridge towards Doso Doyabi, past the wind shelters and old heliotrope stations. These were used to help map the 39th parallel. You can read much more in the bood Geodesy: the transcontinental triangulation and the American arc of the parallel," 1900, US Coast and Geodetic Survey. I did not read it, but I did check that it's on Google Books at: https://books.google.com/books?id=--MNAQAAMAAJ. On page 334, it shows the measurements from Wheeler Peak to Tushar Mountain (near Beaver, UT), Mt. Nebo (near Nephi, UT), Ibapah Peak (near Callao, UT), and White Pine Peak (lost in NV).
p.s. You can learn more about Heliotropes on Wikipedia, including that someone using one could be called a "flasher."Here they are, with Doso Doyabi obviously lower in the background.
The views were spectacular all around. Here's the ridge we had just climbed, with Stella and Teresa Lakes looking like little ponds in the right-center part of the photo.
As the clouds built, we gathered for a group photo.
We signed our names in the register, and then it was time to head down, with microspikes on.
We gave sliding down a try. It worked better on a jacket, as the snow was quite wet.
We had to be careful not to veer to the left, or we'd have a long hike into Spring Valley.
Remember how I said at the beginning that a later start might have a drawback? This was it. We found the snow was now very soft, and the postholing was awful. There were tears.
But we did it! What a day.
This was one of the harder times for me to climb the peak, not only because my body wasn't so acclimated, but also because so much snow made it rather tough. I was so proud of my nephew, doing one of the hardest hikes of his life (so far).
3 comments:
Thanks for the views, I'd never make it anymore..
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