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| Dean | Early morning  Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2008 | |
| Did Mt. St. Helena on the 20th and it seemed appropriate to stay in Vacaville for this one. Early morning expedition got me the summit and then we headed for Copernicus for number two. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2009 8:27 pm | ||
| Dundeel | Snow Day Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2009 | |
| Mix Canyon gate was closed. Made a quick walk in a blowing snow shower. The view was limited to about 300 feet. This was my second cohp for the day. Carpenter Hill in Sacramento was first. | |
| Posted Feb 21, 2009 10:27 pm | ||
| edevart | Walked up from open gate. Date Climbed: Dec 30, 2008 | |
| Surprising views. The entire snowtopped Sierra from Mt Lassen in the north down to Yosemite was in view, with the Central Valley and the SF Bay area hidden below in fog. Really nice for basically a drive up peak. Great views. | |
| Posted Dec 30, 2008 6:44 pm | ||
| Noondueler | Think I hiked it Date Climbed: May 10, 2000 | |
| Went to the high point up there. Good views! | |
| Posted Nov 6, 2008 4:24 pm | ||
| Jonodo | Fire Road Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2007 | |
| Hiked with Devin. Temps were warm for November (upper 70's). No access issues. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2007 5:21 pm | ||
| pjgordon | Wow | |
| Clear views up and down the central valley and also up into St. Helena. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2007 12:33 am | ||
| McCannster | 13th CA county highpoint Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2007 | |
| Thought I'd tick this one off my county highpoint list, so I made a side trip on my way back from Grass Valley. Gate was closed, so I jogged to the summit in 15 minutes. Clear views all the way across the valley, which was nice. Came back to the car to discover that the gate was not locked, just closed. That could have saved me a bit of time if I had drove, but it was nice to stretch my legs. | |
| Posted Apr 1, 2007 4:58 pm | ||
| nikolai | clear day, incredible views | |
| Could see the GG bridge, Sutter Buttes and a fantastic panorama of snow dusted sierras. Amazing views from this mountain-- I did not expect it to be so good. | |
| Posted Nov 13, 2006 2:20 am | ||
| Michael Perry | Very nice quiet hike Date Climbed: Oct 29, 2006 | |
| Made the drive to Vacaville to bag my second cohp. The gate on Mix Canyon was closed. Saw a few people heading up the trail, but they didn't seem to mind us. Walked around the whole fence around the peak before finding the USGS marker, thinking the highest point were the boulders on the western edge of the fence, overlooking Lake Curry. Even though it was hazy, I could see Mt Diablo, St. Helena, and faintly see Tamalpais and Downtown Sacramento. | |
| Posted Oct 30, 2006 2:48 am | ||
| surgent | Storm coming in | |
| Easy peak, not much to it. Foggy... storm blew in that day. | |
| Posted Sep 13, 2006 3:23 pm | ||
| Matt Worster | padding the cohp stats Date Climbed: Jan 29, 2005 | |
| Surprised by 4 ft of snow on Cobb we came over here instead. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2006 3:38 pm | ||
| JasonH | Route Climbed: The service road/fire road. Date Climbed: Feb 12, 2006 | |
| Bagged Mt. Vaca on the way back from Mt. Tam. Very impressive views . I was able to see 6 other county high point from the top(Mt. Tam, Mt. Saint Helena, Mt.Diablo, Snow Mountain, Lassen Peak and the Sutter Buttes. I really enjoyed the solitude unlike Mt. Tam. | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2006 5:55 am | ||
| Hack | Route Climbed: Main Trail Date Climbed: 5-5-03 | |
| Fun easy day hike... | ||
| Posted Dec 28, 2005 9:55 pm | ||
| cjrandall | Route Climbed: Road Date Climbed: June 29, 2004 | |
| Walked up from the main road, the gate was closed when I was there. Did this in a three-highpoint day that included Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, and Carpenter Hill in Sacramento County. I completely circumnavigated tower 20 and also got on top of a couple boulder piles in the surrounding areas. The rock pile with the small cairn is probably the highest point. | |
| Posted May 17, 2005 11:19 am | ||
| rgreene | Route Climbed: The Trail Date Climbed: 21 February 2004 | |
| Nothing stands out, it must have been easy! | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2005 3:13 am | ||
| derbilly | Route Climbed: road Date Climbed: December 12, 2003 | |
| Finished the arduous hike from the gate just in time to see a nice sunset and an indigo scarlet moorise over the Sacramento Valley | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2005 12:28 am | ||
| Dave Dinnell | Route Climbed: Service Rd Date Climbed: Sep. 1982, & a number of times since. | |
| Ran to the summit from pleasant valley rd. A nice 8-10 mile trip with friend and UC Davis runner Chuck Bruns. If you ignore the towers, there can be some amazing views on clear days. | |
| Posted Dec 2, 2004 10:25 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: Drove up the road Date Climbed: Dec 14, 2003 | |
| Like Bob said. Those last 50 feet were definitely the crux. | |
| Posted Dec 2, 2004 3:38 pm | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: Drove to the summit Date Climbed: Dec 14, 2003 | |
| Ok, we had to walk the last 50 feet, but the gate for the last mile was open when Matthew and I drove up there. Weather in the Sierra was sucking, so we left early and bagged four county highpoints that day. A silly but fun exercise. Trip Report | |
| Posted Dec 2, 2004 2:38 pm | ||
| keema | Route Climbed: Fire Road Date Climbed: May 16, 2004 | |
| This was a twofer CoHP day. I zipped over and tagged Mount Vaca after hitting Mount St. Helena earlier in the day. Could see Sacramento, but the views to the west were a bit hazy. I wonder if all those antennae are what has caused this twitch? ;-p | |
| Posted Dec 2, 2004 9:51 am | ||
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