Long 5.5 miles up and 5.5 back down. I totally enjoyed it and hung out with the Bird Branding project people for a while. They were setting traps for Owls at night and luring Hawks in by day. Also were branding the Songbirds
Climbed solo today. Was nice and sunny and I got burned a bit. There was still a lot of snow on the upper section. This was my 2nd time up of probably many more to come. I will have to trie the Boise Front Range Traverse next.
This is the first peak I ever climbed. I was working on my hiking merit badge at the time. We started the hike on Highway 21 and went over Tablerock and up the east ridge.
I'd been up here dozens of times on a bike, from several directions, but never all the way on foot.
Beautiful day with sunshine and no wind. Above the smog!
We followed the road up, then wandered about on the descent.
I've been to the top of the countless times, usually on a bike. It's a great early season climb and provides great views of the valley and interior mountains.