Mtnman1830
08-19-2009, 08:20 AM
Mine Camp peak is the highest peak in Millard County at 10,222'.
The hardest part about the route we took is dodging ATV's. We were able to find a spot to make the hike reasonably easy, but would have to take the Piute ATV trail. With it being the first week of archery season, we would have to watch out.
We passed quite a few people on the trail, most were courteous, but a few seemed to be in a big hurry :twisted:
We camped .40 miles from the peak, and talked about making a bid for the summit before dark. It was now 6:00, we didn't have camp set up, havent' had dinner. We according to SummitPost, we were to lose 200' then gain 400' in less than half mile, and decided to wait for morning.
Mine Camp ranks as #38 on the Utah Prominence Peak list with over 3,00' of prominence*.
http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/177195.JPG
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The hike took us about an hour, and when we got back to camp, we couldn't go home so early, we decided to give Delano Peak a shot, and clear up the county highpoints of southern Utah.
*Prominence is a term that represents the elevation of a summit relative to the surrounding terrain. It is defined as the elevation of a summit relative to the highest point to which one must descend before reascending to a higher summit. There are several ways to describe this both mathematically and conceptually.
Prominence is a non-arbitrary first derivative of elevation that quantifies a summit's height above all surrounding terrain. Prominence is calculated as the difference in elevation between a summit and the highest saddle that connects that summit to any higher terrain. A mountain with a prominence (P) value of 2,000 feet could be said to rise at least 2,000 feet above all else.
Put another way, prominence is the elevation difference between the summit and the lowest contour that encircles it and no higher summit. It is the minimum height by which one would have to descend from a summit along a ridge in order to re-ascend to a higher peak.
info taken from PeakList.org
The hardest part about the route we took is dodging ATV's. We were able to find a spot to make the hike reasonably easy, but would have to take the Piute ATV trail. With it being the first week of archery season, we would have to watch out.
We passed quite a few people on the trail, most were courteous, but a few seemed to be in a big hurry :twisted:
We camped .40 miles from the peak, and talked about making a bid for the summit before dark. It was now 6:00, we didn't have camp set up, havent' had dinner. We according to SummitPost, we were to lose 200' then gain 400' in less than half mile, and decided to wait for morning.
Mine Camp ranks as #38 on the Utah Prominence Peak list with over 3,00' of prominence*.
http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/177195.JPG
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs125.snc1/5371_1198238588811_1013906747_30608727_99222_n.jpg
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs145.snc1/5371_1198238668813_1013906747_30608729_966859_n.jp g
The hike took us about an hour, and when we got back to camp, we couldn't go home so early, we decided to give Delano Peak a shot, and clear up the county highpoints of southern Utah.
*Prominence is a term that represents the elevation of a summit relative to the surrounding terrain. It is defined as the elevation of a summit relative to the highest point to which one must descend before reascending to a higher summit. There are several ways to describe this both mathematically and conceptually.
Prominence is a non-arbitrary first derivative of elevation that quantifies a summit's height above all surrounding terrain. Prominence is calculated as the difference in elevation between a summit and the highest saddle that connects that summit to any higher terrain. A mountain with a prominence (P) value of 2,000 feet could be said to rise at least 2,000 feet above all else.
Put another way, prominence is the elevation difference between the summit and the lowest contour that encircles it and no higher summit. It is the minimum height by which one would have to descend from a summit along a ridge in order to re-ascend to a higher peak.
info taken from PeakList.org