Not exactly as planned, but Oro Mountain was a fun early-season hike.
- June 12, 2019
- Team: Jeff, Dave
- Peak
- Oro Mountain, 7048'
- 5.1 mi, 1472' gain, 3:19 car-to-car, Class 1 to 2
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Life has been way too crazy recently, so I was sort of winging this one. Jeff came up from Boise, and Dave had a meeting in Cascade. We eventually all jumped into one rig in Cascade and did the drive toward the trailhead. Our plan was to sort of mimic a trip by SuperDave. Until we got here. |
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It was a little more than half a mile to the saddle, where I was briefly confused.... was there a better road that we had missed? No, it appeared that this trailer spent the winter here. And winter had not been kind. |
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We followed the forested ridge through occasional snow patches. The trees blocked the view. |
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Aha- there's a frozen lake. That must be Curtis. |
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Zoomed way in from near our summit, that double-summited behemoth must be Elk Peak in the Sawtooths. |
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There's Rice Peak. |
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And there's some of the Lick Creek summits: Snowslide and Sawtooth? |
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Our little gang. We found a dry spot and had a leisurely lunch. Fun to catch up with Jeff , and for Dave- getting to know a new friend. |
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Then it was off to Oro Mountain. Along the way, the same girdling we had seen in this area during a SAR mission to Curtis Lake a few years ago. |
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| Oro Mountain has a pile of rock for a summit. Not technically challenging, but still good fun. |  |
Map Dave's excellent photos (scroll down) Embarrassing footnote: I wasn't paying a lot of attention, and the ridge we walked was forested. My GPS seemed to indicate our northern-most point was Alpine Benchmark, but looking at the map I see that we were short of the actual highpoint. <sigh>. Oh well, it will be fun to go back when the snow is gone and hike the actual trail to Curtis Lake. |
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