Baldy, Dawson, Pine, Harwood Oct 13th

hvydrt · Post by **hvydrt** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:15 pm

Head up to Baldy area for a 4 peak loop with the Outdoors Club. 9 of us left Manker at about 7:30 and went up the ski hut trail to Baldy. After a short break we headed over to Dawson, then onto Pine. Hiking back up to Baldy from the Dawson/Baldy saddle was brutal. That is one steep trail. Once we climbed back up to Baldy we went down the Backbone and hit Harwood on the way. Took the fire road back down from the notch to Manker. We were back at the cars at about 6:15. The Gps calculated this hike at 15.4 miles with 7580 vertical gain. Not sure how accurate that is, but its probably close.

We saw a hunter at that the Fish Creek/North Back Bone trail junction, and heard several gunshots while we were hiking. Is hunting legal in this area?Look out for those hunters!!!!

The weather was cool and partly cloudy with thick a fog at about 4000k. It was pretty cold on Baldy with a good steady wind blowing. Some clouds blew onto the peaks on occasion reducing visibility, but over all the weather was great. Some small patches of snow, but mostly rime ice above 8500k feet from Friday nights storm. Most of it had already melted by afternoon.

Here are a few pics:

Post by **Taco** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:36 pm

My feet woulda broken in half before I'd make it so far in my boots! Good job!

The saddle between Dawson and Baldy is a big one.

He219 · Post by **He219** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:34 pm

Northern Backbone, well done!

I think this pic I took a couple of weeks ago shows your route to Pine Mountain ..

Post by **Taco** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:14 am

Who could that be!!!!!

He219 · Post by **He219** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:24 am

Nice photo update, hvydrt!

It gives a lot better perspective of the conditions ..

Post by **Taco** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:02 pm

Kinda has a Scottish feel with the clouds and rime ice.