Death Valley LVMC Trip (Wildrose Peak, Mosaic Canyon, Manly Beacon)

Harlan WS
Nov 6-7, 2015

This was a mellow trip. Over half the signups dropped out, but we still had 6 folks for varied trips. Usually I've been too focussed on "big" goals (e.g. DPS list, climbing Telescope from Shorty's Well) to spend quality time, just looking around and taking my time.

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On Saturday, 4 of us went
to Wildrose, N of Telescope
Peak.  The trail starts at the
W end of the charcoal kilns.		 DSCN1648
Telescope Range from
trail to Wildrose. Much of
the snow was melted by
next day.		 DSCN1649
Bat Mt to E, in distance
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Telescope to S		 DSCN1657_stitch
NE down Trail Canyon.		 DSCN1659
E to near our campsite
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MJ pose		 DSCN1659mj5
MJ won't do this
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View W to Sierra		 DSCN1663 DSCN1664
Jeff heads down
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Jeff took us to Mosaic
Canyon so we wouldn't
get back to camp at 1PM!		 DSCN1665 DSCN1667
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Folds -- I've yet to ID these
 rocks, which may be
just a part of the
Proterozoic Noonday
Formation.
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Next day, Rich and I went
to Manly Beacon.		 DSCN1685
Beacon at L,
Red Cathedral at R.
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The incised path-- there is
really just one spot where
hands are helpful, and there
are some boulders in the ash
to help.		 DSCN1688 DSCN1690
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Viewe ~W to Telescope
and Wildrose		 DSCN1692_stitch
View ~ NW
across Furnace Cr.		 DSCN1694
View directly down S
from summit.
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It's not a very hard
hike, but the drop-offs
on the sides are steep
and slippery!		 DSCN1702 DSCN1703
Touristos!
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Random neat ridge