Ontario Peak on Saturday 11/30

mangus7175 · Post by **mangus7175** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:01 am

Spent the evening at Kelly Camp on Saturday and dayhiked to Ontario Peak. Snow conditions after the recent rain dumped some snow but the trail was manageable with microspikes. No water at Kelly Camp but had enough snow on the ground to allow us to melt water for our food.

Some photos...

Made it to the peak!

mcphersonm80 · Post by **mcphersonm80** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:15 am

Awesome pics, love that bighorn!

mangus7175 · Post by **mangus7175** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:37 am

Thanks! The bighorn was definitely a treat...never seen one outside of Mojave...my first one in this area.

More photos on my blog

http://bit.ly/1bba8eq

longcut · Post by **longcut** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:40 am

great pics, thanks for sharing man!

AW~ · Post by **AW~** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:52 am

mcphersonm80 wrote: ↑Awesome pics, love that bighorn!

x2

mangus7175 · Post by **mangus7175** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 12:07 pm

The bighorn was really awesome to see up close. Hopefully from the added photos below, you can see how big he was. The amazing part was, he didn't run away as I slowly approached him...he took his time and let me snap away. Really great to see.

longcut · Post by **longcut** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 1:40 pm

good stuff

Post by **tekewin** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:22 pm

Epic shot of the bighorn! He didn't seem the least bit worried about you.

I see a fair amount of snow on the ground. I am planning a trip up Icehouse in a couple of weeks and wondered how much the trails were covered past the saddle.

Could you see the 3Ts trail from the saddle or was it buried?

mangus7175 · Post by **mangus7175** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:27 pm

tekewin wrote: ↑Epic shot of the bighorn! He didn't seem the least bit worried about you.

I see a fair amount of snow on the ground. I am planning a trip up Icehouse in a couple of weeks and wondered how much the trails were covered past the saddle.

Could you see the 3Ts trail from the saddle or was it buried?

Just from what you can see from the Saddle, it didn't look like there was a ton of snow/ice on the ground leading to the 3 T's. I'm sure as you climb towards Timber, there would be snow.

If there won't be any rain in the next couple weeks, I'm sure what little snow there is would be melted.

Post by **tekewin** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:30 pm

Thanks, mangus. Appreciate the beta.

mangus7175 · Post by **mangus7175** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:46 pm

Anytime

Post by **Uncle Rico** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 7:08 pm

Sweet pics mangus. I have Big Horn envy.