2024 peakbagging and other activities

[Brice]

Spent a few days in Butte Valley to bag some of the surrounding highpoints.   I didn't take any photos until the very last summit so I tried to make up for that by taking more than one.

The last climb was Between benchmark and it has a good view of the whole valley (maybe that's why it has the name Between?), so I can summarize with photos from that one summit.  The day before Between, I went up Manly peak and Anvil benchmark (center).   A nice climb, with a tricky summit block of granite boulders at the very top to gain the true summit.  A particularly uninspiring angle of Striped Butte can be seen just right of center.



The day before Manly, was Striped Butte and Needle peak shown here.



And the day before Needle was Gold hill (right of center).  I liked this little little bonsai growing out of the rock. 



Mormon peak is just out of frame on the left.  I recommend reading this interesting page regarding the microwave repeater on top of Mormon peak.  I especially enjoyed the last question in the FAQ.  https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/mormon-peak.htm

And I found a tiny delicate arrowhead, only slightly broken.  So that was pretty neat.