Another week, another round of peaks. I went up south pass and up hunter mountain road as far as I could before a stretch of snow and mud made me stop. Unfortunately, not everybody stopped at this point and so the road has been deeply rutted with muddy tracks which will be no fun to drive once the snow receeds.
Down the spur road to Hunter spring there was this old signpost. It was sporting some newish graffiti but I couldn't see anything else on it. Something in my brain said these signposts have been discussed before on this forum but I can't remember or bother to search for it.
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It was a moderately annoying bushwhack to Hunt benchmark once I left the road. There was a neat rock outcrop just before the summit (left) that would be perfect for ritual sacrifice, or presenting a newborn baby lion to the world.
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View from the benchmark looking south into Panamint valley. Lake hill is center.
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Then it was off to the Hunter mountain high point. Ubehebe peak and the racetrack is visible right of center. My finger is in the upper left.
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The first summit the next day was the Nelson range highpoint. This time Ubehebe peak and the racetrack is on the left.
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And I think this is Cerro Gordo Peak right of center. Looking pretty good.
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The three other summits that day are not worth mentioning. Next day was the modestly named Zinc Hill. Zinc Hill is the rather large mountain behind panamint springs. With the Darwin Springs road being closed, I had to do it on the hard difficulty setting. I parked at the RV campground for $5 and took a ridgeline all the way up. It worked out great. View from the summit of Zinc hill.
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You can see the stretch of flowers blooming in the center of the valley. I travelled across that intersection 4 times this week. Each time there were a bunch of people barely pulling off the road, making U-turns, and wandering into the 65 mph traffic to take photos of the flowers. It's a bit of a hazard.
Down the spur road to Hunter spring there was this old signpost. It was sporting some newish graffiti but I couldn't see anything else on it. Something in my brain said these signposts have been discussed before on this forum but I can't remember or bother to search for it.
It was a moderately annoying bushwhack to Hunt benchmark once I left the road. There was a neat rock outcrop just before the summit (left) that would be perfect for ritual sacrifice, or presenting a newborn baby lion to the world.
View from the benchmark looking south into Panamint valley. Lake hill is center.
Then it was off to the Hunter mountain high point. Ubehebe peak and the racetrack is visible right of center. My finger is in the upper left.
The first summit the next day was the Nelson range highpoint. This time Ubehebe peak and the racetrack is on the left.
And I think this is Cerro Gordo Peak right of center. Looking pretty good.
The three other summits that day are not worth mentioning. Next day was the modestly named Zinc Hill. Zinc Hill is the rather large mountain behind panamint springs. With the Darwin Springs road being closed, I had to do it on the hard difficulty setting. I parked at the RV campground for $5 and took a ridgeline all the way up. It worked out great. View from the summit of Zinc hill.
You can see the stretch of flowers blooming in the center of the valley. I travelled across that intersection 4 times this week. Each time there were a bunch of people barely pulling off the road, making U-turns, and wandering into the 65 mph traffic to take photos of the flowers. It's a bit of a hazard.