
| Got a pre-dawn start so I could get back home in time to watch the Superbowl. Had a little trouble with the routefinding in the dark where I missed a fork in the trail about 10 minutes after the Wind Wolves gate which made me do some unnecessary bushwhacking in the creekbed when I could have been on the trail instead (I found this out on the way back).
After that, the routefinding wasn't too bad until the sandstone cliffs just below the summit where I missed the ducked route (I wasn't looking too hard) going up through the cliffs. I ended up climbing a relatively sketchy route but made it to the top without incident. Oddly, the can and register were missing from just below the summit block which is strange on such a remote and infrequently climbed peak.
Since I didn't want to downclimb the way I came up, I looked harder for the ducks which were easy to find on the way down. I managed to make the RT in 5:50 which gave me plenty of time to get back home before the game. All in all, a nice peak. |