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Travelling climber's left of Silverhorn Creek to the access drainage on the right of the picture. |
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RT 12.0; 6.0 up. This objective came to my attention when I read a
trip report from the Ramblers last fall. I liked the attributes used to
describe the approach and I really wanted to hike that beautiful ridge.
With a decent forecast, we sent coordinates to Charles and met him at 6
AM at the Silverhorn Campground. We found a trail climber's left of
the creek and followed it. The intermittent trail climbs
above a canyon and waterfalls, rejoining the creek higher up. The
terrain then tapers and gravel flats offer pleasant hiking to the
access drainage. Ascending the draw is straightforward but some
sections are loose... Once on the broad ridge, stunning views to the
east unfold; the ridge itself is colourful and delightful to walk on.
Indeed the objective is very conical! After a quick
snack break, we hiked over the bumps along the ridge and tackled the
short easy climb to the summit. The light wind on the summit wasn't
bothersome, with the sun it felt really nice. We enjoyed the view
and replenished with a good lunch before returning. It started to drizzle and suddenly felt
colder; thankfully, it didn't last long. As we descended from
the ridge, we released a rockalanche, it had been awhile
since I had seen a fluid flow of rubble come down the mountain like
that. When the rubble stopped moving and the excitement was over, we
resumed our scree run. Backtracking went well, the game trails helped.
This is a pleasant trip considering it's length and the fact that it has almost no trail from the start! |
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Pleasant gravel flats.
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| The sun is rising above the access drainage. |
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| Traversing above a small rockband to reach the drainage. |
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| A small headwall comes into view. |
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| Loose rubble around the headwall. |
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| No shortage of water in the upper draw! |
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| Veering climber's right to gain the ridge crest. |
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| On the ridge, heading to the first bump. |
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| The objective is indeed very conical. |
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| Ascending the first bump. |
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| A pleasant walk to the second bump on the left, Mount Hector is visible in the distance (left). |
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| Conical Peak from the second bump. |
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| At the top. |
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| Mount Weed, Howse Peak along with Mount Chephren protrude over the connecting ridge. |
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| View east towards Recondite Peak. |
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| Dolomite Creek to the south. |
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| Very pleasant ridge walk back to the access drainage. |
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| Returning under dark clouds, drizzle and sun. |
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| Coming down the first bump with Quill Peak on the right. |
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| Dropping in the draw. |
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| This perched white rock is a good marker. |
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| Rocknado! My descent is interrupted by a loose scree avalanche. |
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| Backtracking. |
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| About to traverse to valley bottom. |
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| Nice flats before we dip down and sidehill along the creek. |
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| Fabrice, cairn builder extraordinaire! |
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