Despite hundreds of Sierra peaks with Summitpost pages, there are still a modest number that no one has adopted. And I'm not referring to the large number of unnamed USGS peaks but rather those with USGS names. Every once in awhile I come across one and am sometimes surprised since some obviously have excellent climbing or peakbagging interest. I'd expect all members that explore the mountain listings come across some unadopted peaks so I thought it might be interesting to note here in one thread what some of those missing peaks are and what members think about them.
Two that I stumbled across recently are in the Bear Creek Basin. First is Mount Hooper that I happen to have a 4x5 gallery image for:
http://www.davidsenesac.com/images/04-p6-2.jpg
The view from the top of Hooper is likely quite interesting in late afternoon because the upper South Fork basin has so many lakes below, and then beyond is Seven Gables and the Abbot/Gabb group.
And the other is Recess Peak. Have a number of images of that peak from my old 35mm Kodachrome days that would have to scan to show a pic. Back in 1987 recall camping at the little lakes west of the peak, climbing up on the arete just east, and then rambling out to the fascinating peninsula that juts out into First Recess like a ship with cliffs on all sides. Then on another trip two of us backpacked up First Recess and camped atop that basin's east ridge where we could see the avalanche chutes of Mills Creek Canyon. I'd expect the view from the top of Recess Peak is much better. One unique thing about that peak is because it is unblocked to the west, it receives excellent alpen glow on clear days. The only thing on the web I could find was Bob Burd's trip report
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