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| cab | Union Wash  Date Climbed: Apr 27, 2013 | |
| 8.5 hour dayhike of Inyo and Keynot with Pat. The views to the snow-covered Sierras were incredible and I could have stared at them all day. We found very dry conditions in the Inyos with only a few very small patches of snow. The scree ski back down to Union Wash was epic! | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2013 1:14 pm | ||
| seano | From Union Wash Date Climbed: Oct 10, 2012 | |
| It's annoyingly far from the top of Union Wash, but there's a decent trail, and the view of the Sierra is absolutely amazing. Trip report. | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2012 10:07 am | ||
| rowjimmy | Inyo from Union Wash Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2011 | |
| Mojavebobcat (Jordan) and I completed this route, getting an alpine start (ha!) at about 11:30am from the 4wd TH parking at ~5,400'. We both found this route to be absolutely brutal. The scree slog up to the saddle between Inyo and Keynot alternates between tough and miserable, though it makes for a rather rapid descent! We'd hoped to make it over to Keynot, but with a near noontime start, this was not in the cards. No real big deal anyway, as it was pretty hazy on top of Inyo and we'd prefer to see the view from Keynot on a clearer day than we had. Next time, we'll go up the French Spring trail to Forgotten Pass for Keynot; neither of us cares to make the steep, hot, and dry ascent up Union Wash again, pretty as it was. A true DPS classic with quite an impressive summit perch. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2011 10:39 pm | ||
| MoapaPk | Snow Date Climbed: Oct 30, 2010 | |
| Slippery boulders near summit. The west side has a gentler shelf. We got up to ~10850' on Keynot before steep loose snow turned us around. Thanks to KW for organizing the trip. | |
| Posted Nov 2, 2010 4:30 am | ||
| kevin trieu | Union Wash | |
| did it with Paul. he went ahead and did Keynot. came back almost dead from dehydration. | |
| Posted Oct 1, 2010 5:39 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | Over from Keynot Date Climbed: May 16, 2009 | |
| Like Keynot better- was a bit tired pushing through the last stretch to the summit after Maturango the day before. Comfortable all day until I reached Union Wash at the end- too hot at the bottom. | |
| Posted Jul 1, 2009 9:19 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Union Wash Date Climbed: Jun 2, 2008 | |
| Combo with Keynot, 9hr10m outing. Just enough snow to get water from. Trip Report | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2008 12:16 pm | ||
| Michael Graupe | From Union Wash Date Climbed: Apr 22, 2007 | |
| Started at 6am from the 2WD parking on a day when a spring storm hit the Sierra. Got pounded by a couple of heavy snow showers and strong wind above 9000ft but the day remained mostly sunny. Lots of unconsolidated snow made for slow going along the ridge. Passed on Keynot because of the sketchy conditions. The scree descent is spectacular. A very enjoyable outing. 8.5h car to car. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2007 4:07 pm | ||
| forjan | Route Climbed: South Ridge via Union Wash Date Climbed: January 21, 2006 | |
| A tedious hike due to all the different terrain awagher and I had to cover: the wash pebbles, all the scree, and to top it off the knee-deep snow in the last 400 vertical feet to Inyo. We started at 6:15am from my 2WD parked car at 4,400 feet. We're making pretty good time until we hit the sugary knee-deep snow in the flat sections above the Inyo/Keynot saddle. Took over an hour to plow through 400 vertical feet of unconsolidated, sugary snow. I got to Inyo's summit at 1:14pm. Great views of the Sierra, though. Left the summit a few minutes before 2:00pm and were back at the car by 5:20pm (approx 11 hrs roundtrip). I second what awagher said: don't plan to hike this peak again! | |
| Posted Jan 23, 2006 1:07 am | ||
| awagher | Route Climbed: South Ridge via Union Wash Date Climbed: January 21st, 2006 | |
| I hate this peak. Climbed with Miguel Forjan. I will never go back. | |
| Posted Jan 22, 2006 1:01 am | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: South Ridge via Union Wash Date Climbed: Oct 30, 2005 | |
| Dayhike with Keynot out of Union Wash. Good views of the Sierra. | |
| Posted Nov 10, 2005 12:37 am | ||
| tiogap | Route Climbed: from Lone Pine Date Climbed: April, 1979 | |
| climbed it with Keynot | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2005 10:44 pm | ||
| Rick Kent | Route Climbed: Union Wash Date Climbed: May 7, 2005 | |
| Hiked up with Snow Nymph and others. I also did Keynot which made for a very long day. Came down the endless scree above Union Wash in the dark by GPS. Got off track at one point and got stuck above a cliff above the wash near the waterfall. Because I had circled back a couple of times I couldn't figure out which track to follow on my GPS. Eventually I got back on the right one and got out. Despite the heavy snow this year, we encountered very little all the way to the summit. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2005 5:43 pm | ||
| Shano | Route Climbed: via Union Wash Date Climbed: 04May 2003 | |
| did this as an overniter w/ DPS (Dennis Richards, Ron Hudson and company.) Left the cars about 8am and were able to bag Inyo the same day (albeit a very long, exhausting day.) Got the full spectrum of weather from sunshine to drizzle, rain, snow between Bedsprings and Inyo. Absolutely worthwhile. | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2005 3:04 pm | ||
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