Stats
mileage: ~22
elevation gain: ~7,300 ft
I started from Vincent gap at a little after 9am and took the trail headed towards the summit of Baden Powell
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There were a few small snowfields at the start, but they wernt much of a problem. At about 1,000ft above Vincent gap, the snowfields were getting larger and icier. I started wishing I had brought crampons. Many areas involved having to get on all fours, face up, and kick into the snow to get across.
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big snowfield not far from the summit
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view from a ridge just below the summit
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It took about an hour to reach the summit of Baden Powell.
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My first peak on the ridge was an unnamed "bump" between Baden Powell and Mt. Burnham, which Im calling "Powell Burnham Peak."
view west from the top of Powell Burnham Peak
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Seen from Powell Burnham Peak, Mt. Burnham is the closer peak. Throop Peak is the taller one in the distance.
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summit view on top of Mt. Burnham
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I descended Mt. Burnham and headed towards Throop Peak. I gave up trying to find the trail which had already begun to disappear under the snow. I traversed along the ridge until I reached Throop Peak.
Throop Peak summit
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looking towards Mt. Islip. Mt. Hawkins (my next destination) is out of the frame but should be on the left.
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descending Throop
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view from the top of Mt. Hawkins
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descending Hawkins and heading towards Islip
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Islip getting closer
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The forest service needs to check their signs. A little more than a tenth of a mile after the sign in this picture (I should be getting closer) is the sign in the next picture.
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I had lunch on the summit of Mt. Islip
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heading back
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I decided to summit Throop peak again for no apparent reason
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On my way back to Baden Powell, I summited both Mt. Burnham and Powell Burnham Peak again to avoid the snow covered trail
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Clouds had started rolling in and the wind was picking up fast
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back on top of Baden Powell
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descending back to Vincent Gap
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While heading back, the entire east side of the mountain had frozen solid. Now I really wished I had brought the crampons. The only way to get down now was to get a stick and smash footholds in the ice and hope it would not give away. While descending the steeper sections, I had a few close calls slipping and sliding down the mountain. The scariest one was at elevation ~8,100ft when I slipped on black ice and slid about 15ft before stopping myself. Soon I gave up trying to walk on the ice and just slid down the steep scree slopes facing the direction of Vincent gap. I imitated the form of glissading, using a stick with an odd branch sticking out as an ice axe. I got back to Vincent gap at 6:50pm, 40 minutes after sunset.