Dove from west

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Dove from west

Dove from west

CP looks east to Dove Benchmark (the rightmost of the two peaks). We descended the valley between the two peaks, then went on to "North Castle Butte", a slightly higher peak north (left, and out of the picture). The final route to Dove BM involves perhaps 20 feet of class 5, over fragmented tuff conglomerate/breccia.
MoapaPk
on Feb 11, 2007 1:59 am
Lat/Lon: 35.36960°N / 115.1617°W
Image Type(s): Bouldering
Image ID: 268708

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weeds19

weeds19 - Apr 16, 2007 9:47 pm - Voted 10/10

20 feet of 5.5 on poor rock

If there really is a BM on top of the highest point, that's quite a climb for the BM placing folks!

MoapaPk

MoapaPk - Apr 16, 2007 10:08 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: 20 feet of 5.5 on poor rock

Most of the post-1954 benchmarks were set by helicopter crews. However, this one appears to have been climbed, from the survey report in 1956. They recommend a rope to haul up equipment.

The main benchmark was stolen, but there is at least one of the "witness" benchmarks left.

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