
| I left Sac at 4:30 am and was at the trailhead by 7:30 am (A lot quicker than anticipated). The day was absoultely great. Temps in the 20's at the start, warming to mid 50's. It's a pretty easy hike to the toe of the east ridge following the cattle trails (watch out for the dung!). The last third of the east ridge is really steep. I got cliffed out just before the steepest section and had to retrace my steps and drop about 100 feet to get around. There was about 2 feet of snow from 7,500' to the summit (8,101'). The postholing was terrible. I was consistently sinking thigh deep. Couldn't find the summit register due to snow. Made it half way on the traverse to Tohakum but ran out of time. The postholing really slowed me, not to mention draining me physically. All in all, a really fun day. I'm definitely heading out to some other Nevada peaks. |