Mtnman1830
10-15-2007, 09:21 AM
I just got back from a weekend of highpointing in the southern end of the state.
We bagged Brian Head, Andy Nelson Peak, Bluebell Knoll, Fish Lake Hightop, and Monument Peak.
This was the longest hike of our weekend. 8.62 miles round trip with 2,487' of elevation.
We left the trailhead at Pelican Point Overlook at 1:15pm. Climbing up the mountain, we could hear elk bugling, so we started using the cow call. We played around with the bulls for a bit while we rested.
Climbing up, it started to snow. It wasn't bad - we were also dressed pretty warm - and we continued up.
Following our gps's to the peak (we were in the clouds up top and couldn't see much) the peak suprised us as it came into view.) There was now about an inch of snow on the ground and we scrambled up the huge boulders to the peak.
It was starting to get lake, and we caught the real trail down, until we lost it again in the snow. After catching up with it once we got down the hellaciously cold ridge, we caught up with the trail and made it back to the car at 9:30.
It was so cold that the water in our camelbacs froze... not the hose, but the bladder! We had two women with us, and we felt bad enough for them - they were scared and cold - we ended up renting a hotel in Richfield before finishing our adventure.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K4QK5N86FWw
We bagged Brian Head, Andy Nelson Peak, Bluebell Knoll, Fish Lake Hightop, and Monument Peak.
This was the longest hike of our weekend. 8.62 miles round trip with 2,487' of elevation.
We left the trailhead at Pelican Point Overlook at 1:15pm. Climbing up the mountain, we could hear elk bugling, so we started using the cow call. We played around with the bulls for a bit while we rested.
Climbing up, it started to snow. It wasn't bad - we were also dressed pretty warm - and we continued up.
Following our gps's to the peak (we were in the clouds up top and couldn't see much) the peak suprised us as it came into view.) There was now about an inch of snow on the ground and we scrambled up the huge boulders to the peak.
It was starting to get lake, and we caught the real trail down, until we lost it again in the snow. After catching up with it once we got down the hellaciously cold ridge, we caught up with the trail and made it back to the car at 9:30.
It was so cold that the water in our camelbacs froze... not the hose, but the bladder! We had two women with us, and we felt bad enough for them - they were scared and cold - we ended up renting a hotel in Richfield before finishing our adventure.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K4QK5N86FWw