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Bristlecone Pines and White Mountain Peak : Saturday August 15, 2009; met up with members of the KRVHC and explored the Bristlecone Pines in the Schulman Grove. We camped that night at Grandview Campground including some non-,member guests who stopped by to join our festivities. Sunday morning August 16, 2009 we drove to the trail head and hiked White Mountain peak at over 14,200 feet. This was my first time as a group event which included a camp night. Everyone had a good time and agreed we should try this again sometime.

Bristlecone Pines and White Mountain Peak

Wildrose to Bald traverse 02-28-2009 : Saturday 02-28-2009; Lisa and Sierra Gator met MooseTracks, Richard P., Len and Bill at Wildrose Campground just in time for a little pre-hike breakfast. After leaving a car shutle on Emigrant Rd; we drove up to the Charcoal Kilns to start our hike. I was hoping for a nice desert hike out of the snow after hiking in snow for the previous 4 weeks. However there was still plenty of snow on the northern and shaded areas - sometimes postholing up above my knees. We hiked the trail(mostly) up to Wildrose Peak. From there we followed the ridgeline to Pk8675 and on to Bald. We descended Nemo Canyon out to our awaiting vehicles on the Emigrant Rd. After the hike - Sierra Gator had to get home to Vegas(soon to return home to the Sierras) and the rest of us went to Wildrose Camp to BBQ and drink. What a fun day and wind down after.

Wildrose to Bald traverse 02-28-2009

Arugus Hike 2-8-2009 and return 2-15-2009(x10) : Sunday 02-08-2009; Lisa and I went for a hike in the Argus Range. They day started out with fog which kept the temperatures down. Soon after reaching the ridge we were hiking in snow. The snow made for some tricky route finding on some of the snow covered boulders. We decided not to push on to the summit blocks.

Arugus Hike 2-8-2009 and return 2-15-2009(x10)

Coso Petroglyphs - snow in the desert - 2-7-2009 : 2-7-2009; scheduled hike into Coso Petroglyph sight. Although the weather was predicted to be snow, we still had 26 people show up for this hike - great turnout under the circumstances. The last part of our drive was in snow and we had snow throughout the hike. As it turns out, many of the petroglyphs were covered by snow or not easy to get at due to snow covered slick rocks. But noone complained and we all had a fun time hiking.

Coso Petroglyphs - snow in the desert - 2-7-2009

Mount Inyo(x2) 1-10-2009 : Saturday 1-10-2009; Lisa, Snow Nymph, Rachel, Tom G. and I climbed Mount Inyo. Due to snow and shorter days, we hiked out in the dark including descending the 2000k ft scree chute to the head of Union Wash. This was my second summit of Inyo at 10,975ft.

Mount Inyo(x2) 1-10-2009

Corkscrew(x7) 01-03-2008 : Saturday January 3, 2009. Return to hike Corkscrew and Little Corkscrew. Along on the hike was Rachel, Sierra Gator, Nordic Lass, Snow Nymph, Trail Trekker, Chip, Ranboze and MtnFlyr. The trip started windy but nice temps made for a great day with friends.

Corkscrew(x7) 01-03-2008

Black Mountain 01-01-2009 : Thursday January 01,2009; Lisa, Alice and I hiked to Black Mountain#6 in the El Paso range. This was my 6th year in a row of hiking for New Years Day - an excellent tradition. This was my 3rd summit of this peak - all from different starting points and routes. Today we started from Sheep Springs and check out some petroglyphs and old Indian camp sights. I accidentally deleted my pictures at the summit so I lost all the approach hike shots.

Black Mountain 01-01-2009

Sugar Loaf and Red Ridge 12-20-2008 : Saturday 12-20-2008; Lisa, Snow Nymph and Tom G. climbed Sugar Loaf and Red Ridge in the northern Coso Range. Some light snow but a fantastic hike with friends.

Sugar Loaf and Red Ridge 12-20-2008

Corkscrew(x6) 12-7-2008 : Saturday December 7th; Lisa and I joined Bob R., Bill S. and Bud for a summit of Corkscrew. This was my 5th summit and the first in 2 years; we also summited Little Corkscrew(Pk 4750) along the way. We were the first sign in since January 1968( nice 40+ year margin). The cloudy day made for more poor pictures - I ended up tossing away over half of them.

Corkscrew(x6) 12-7-2008

Mt Wilson 12-6-2008 : Saturday December 6th; Lisa and I met Sierra Gator and Nordic Lass to climb Mt. Wilson. Wilson is the highest peak of the Red Rock peaks - part of the Sheep Range. Sunny and warm temps along with good friends made for a fun day of climbing.

Mt Wilson 12-6-2008

Coso Petroglyphs 11-23-2008 : 11-23-08; Lisa and I had breakfast with Laura and Mike in Lone Pine - then drove to the Coso Range to view a nice petroglyph sight. We were a little late for optimum lighting but still had plenty of glyphs to view.

Coso Petroglyphs 11-23-2008

Telescope 11-22-2008 : 11-22-2008; Lisa, Tom G., Moose Tracks, Giga Mike, Nathan, Red Rock Holly, Moon Dustie Alice, Karen and I met to climb Telescope. Desert Mouse was supposed to join us but last minute car trouble stranded her at home. Tom G. hiked to Bennett and then had to head back due to an evening commitment at the church. Was pleasantly surprised to find Sierra Gator hiking along the trail also. Some haze from So. Cal fires - but a nice day on the mountain

Telescope 11-22-2008

Malpais Mesa 11-8-2008 : Saturday 11-8-2008; Joined a Sierra Club hike to Malpais Mesa. We started from Santa Rosa Mine. After summiting Rosa Peak, we explored some of the northern canyons to check out some petroglyphs

Malpais Mesa 11-8-2008

Bat Mountain 10-26-2008 :

Bat Mountain 10-26-2008

Towne Peak(x3) and Albatross wreck 09-06-2008 : Saturday 09-06-2008 met Tom Gossett for an anniversary hike. 40 years ago was his first peak to climb with his family and friends. On the trip they ran out of water and one member became sick requiring an assisted rescue. 40 years later he was joined by friends including Snow Nymnph, Tomcat, Trail Trekker, Kathy M., Ranboze, Joe I., Moose Tracks, and Chip for a reunion hike. Everyone hiked to Towne Peak and some of us also hiked to the Albatross wreckage. After the hike it was burgers at the PSR resort.

Towne Peak(x3) and Albatross wreck 09-06-2008

Keynot Peak(x3) 06-07-2008 :

Keynot Peak(x3) 06-07-2008

Porter and Sentinel 04-12-2008 : Tom G., Snow Nymph and I drove up the the saddle below the Porter Mine to complete a hike to Porter Peak and then traverse a long ridge and summit Sentinel Peak. When I did this last year we dropped down into Panamint City to camp. This time we traversed back and out for a long 13.5 hour hike which included going back over Porter Peak a second time. Ranboze, Trail Trekker and Chip(Cougee) started later than us - there goal was Porter Peak and then south to Morman Peak and out. I wish I could spend more time in the Panamints hiking and exploring. So many trip alternates planned each time I come up here. After the hike I drove home so I could get ready to meet some friends to hike Cross-Chuckwalla the next day - didn't get home this night until midnight.

Porter and Sentinel 04-12-2008

Smith Peak and Gold Valley : Saturday met with Snow Nymph and the gang on the Greenwater Furnace Creek Rd and we drove into Gold Valley to hike Smith Mountain. Saturday night was highlighted with birthday celebration for Tom G. Sunday we all drove over to Ashford Mine Rd. and hiked up to Ashford Peak and then checked out the Ashford Mines. Great way to spend an Easter weekend.

Smith Peak and Gold Valley

Magic Mountain 03-08-2008 : Saturday 03-08-2008; Sierra Gator, Nordic Lass and I met Ron and Kenny at the Red Rock Park to climb and scramble. The peaks are not too high but lots of great scrambling with class 2 and 3. This is my first experience with the red rock limestone - it sure feels different than hiking on granite. We got two peaks in - Magic Mountain and Crabby Appleton. Great weather and good friends made for a perfect day.

Magic Mountain 03-08-2008

Moapa Peak 03-07-2008 :

Moapa Peak 03-07-2008

Pyramid Peak 02-16-2008 : Saturday Feb 16, 2008; Rachel and I met Sierra Gator and did a hike to Pyramid Peak. Pyramid is the tallest peak in the Funeral range and offers some fantastic views in all directions. It was a great day for photos with many variaties of wild flowers blooming.

Pyramid Peak 02-16-2008

Brown Peak 01-12-2008 : Saturday morning 01-12-2008; we had camped at the abondon trailer park arriving late on Friday. Saturday morning had coffee and said hi to Rachel before she left to go work. Snow Nymph, Trail Trekker, Kathy M. and I hiked Brown Peak from near Deadman's Pass. This makes the second time I have been able to put Brown on Brown - last time being the Sierra version.

Brown Peak 01-12-2008

Towne Peak and Panamint Butte 02-02-2008 :

Towne Peak and Panamint Butte 02-02-2008

Schwaub Peak 1-1-2008 : New Year's Day 01-01-2008; Rachel and I met Sierra Gator at Echo Canyon turnoff. Nordic Lass was supposed to hike with us but she got sick. We climbed Schwaub peak and Gator surprised us with a couple of micro bottles of champagne on the summit. Not sure if this was wise for such crumbly ridgeline but we made it down ok. Nice way to ring in the new year

Schwaub Peak 1-1-2008

Eagle Mountain 1-13-2008 : Sunday 01-13-2008; Snow Nypmh, Trail Trekker, Kathy M. and I met and climbed Eagle Mountain. Eagle has a nice small class III ridge along the top with sharp sticky rock along its canyon walls. The views of Death Valley and Nevada mountains is stunning. I would definately come back and do this again.

Eagle Mountain 1-13-2008

Pinto Peak 12-15-2007 :

Pinto Peak 12-15-2007

Pk 8841 : Snow Nymph, Tom G., Jim and I set out Saturday morning to bag Pk8841; Tom G. promised his wife he would be back for a church dinner so we parted with him a little before noon. Jim followed up till about 500 vertical feet from the summit. Snow Nymph and I enjoyed a great weather on the summit. We elected not to go tag Pk.8744 so we would not get separated. Everyone had a great day on the mountain.

Conglomerate Mesa 10-27-2007 : Snow Nymph, Rachel, Jim, Tom G. and I hiked Congomerat Mesa and Jack Gunn Peak. some smoke in the area from So. Cal fires. good to get back in the desert again.

Conglomerate Mesa 10-27-2007

Telescope Peak from Shorty's Well 10-06-2007 : hiking from Shorty's Well in Death Valley to Telescope Peak - a hike of over 11,000ft of gain. successful bagging of this peak put me at 25 weeks in a row of hiking to 10,000 ft or above. this hike represents the largest hike for elevation gain you can do in the U.S. for a single peak.we had 10 in our group and everybody summited - average pace was 1,000ft per hour. this was an ODC event and leader Donnie did a great job

Telescope Peak from Shorty's Well 10-06-2007

Keynot Peak(x2) 5-19-2007 : SnowNymph, Trailtrekker, Cinammon Girl and Tomcat hiked Keynot Peak(11,101ft) via Union Wash in the Inyo Mountains - it was my 2nd summit and a first for all the gals. coming down Union Wash is one of the best scree bombs in California - dropping nearly 2000ft in a matter of minutes. noted also various wildflowers in bloom. although slightly hazy a great day to be in the mountains.

Keynot Peak(x2) 5-19-2007

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