Sheep Peak from East (exploratory)

pics by Harlan W. S.
Oct. 11, 2009

This page is mainly meant to emphasize the conditions of the route. I prefer the Wagon Canyon approach for aesthetics, but that route has 1000’ more elevation gain.

From Corn Creek, take the Mormon Well road 15 miles, then cut NNW on the signed Pine Nut Rd. The latter requires HC.	Most of the route uo is fairly clear, There is some brush for the first 0.5 mile. Much of the way is through open ponderosa pine forests.
High up, pine forests give way to sparse juniper and pinyon. View SE.	I climbed this; we should avoid it.	A 9600’ nubbin is at left. We should stay L (S) of the crags at right, by traversing the slope.
	Sheep Peak (almost) is in view.	View toward Spring Mts. from Summit; very hazy (dusty) day.
		Mummy is the mass at L; McFarland at R.
Arrogance!	We would see Vegas to S, if it were not so dusty,	View N to Hayford.
View SW, from the 9678 peak N of Sheep.	Hayford from Same peak.	Nubbins to SW.
More arrogance!	SW to Spring Mts.	Pano E-SE from 9678 peak.
Nubbins to W.	Starting down ridge E of 9678’ peak.	Part of this descent has tricky quartzite blocks; usually one can cut slightly west to avoid them.
View back toward Sheep on descent (actually a false peak before Sheep).	Who lives here?