Mini reports

[Brice]

Knocked out a few more summits on the DV NPS 200 list yesterday on the eastern border of the park.  In order counterclockwise: Weird Schwaub, Snail Mountain, Old man Mountain.  



I was running out of daylight and water so I couldn't hit Sexton benchmark as originally planned.  I'll have to come back for that one.

On top of Peak 5969 (aka Weird Schwaub) looking towards the rest of the route.  I have no idea why the NPS calls it Weird Schwaub. It's not remotely like Schwaub in character or appearance.



The hardest part of the hike was going down the cliff edge on the left in order to drop back into the valley.  There were a couple spots that required extreme care.

Snail mountain was absolutely covered in ancient fossils.




This is the biggest one I saw.  I finally put on work gloves as my hands were getting torn up by the limestone/dolomite.




Old Man Mountain has some impressive cliffs on the south side.  Photo taken from the summit of Snail.



I started at 8 AM and with 4 liters of water but I should have started earlier and with more water so I could have bagged Sexton benchmark too.  Day ended up at 10 hours, 16.5 miles, 6700 feet of gain.