 Google Earth view from NE. |
 Our campsite at the end of Aqueduct (Cove Canyon) Road. You have to search a bit to find relatively rock-free tent sites. |
 We started next morn at 5:45, made it to summit in 5h45m! |
 I guess it was a bit class 3-ish in places. |
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 View up Cove Canyon. The vegetation in the canyon, all the way up to 9000', is incredibly thick and nasty. Do you wonder how I know? |
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 On ascent, go R (N) of this cliffy lump... |
 ...and go S of this little crag. |
 At about 10000', the direct ridgeline is pretty rocky. Seven years before, I stayed N of this route, and followed an animal trail. |
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 At 10400'. Mt Jefferson is visible on eastern skyline. |
 Once past the first 10650' lump on the ridge, the terrain is open and quite easy. |
 Arc Dome in distance. |
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 At Summit. View ~NW. |
 View ~ESE. |
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 Susan's pic of me as I head off to SE Summit. |
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 View SE from SE Summit! |
 View E to Mt Jefferson. |
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 Now we are heading back, and I look S to SE Summit (L) and Toiyabe Dome (R). |
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 Susan's pic... we head down the blocky, almost-always-ready-to-fall talus, ready to descend 4000' in 2 miles. |
 Past the landmark outcrop. |
 Susan's pic-- yep, it was rocky. |
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 Poor Jen descending this loose blocky stuff. |
 View SW back up Cove Canyon-- a big cliff with an unseen (but noisy) waterfall. |
 Next day, we stop at a rest area in Carvers. There was no sign proscribing camping. |
 We dropped off Jen for a meeting at the Mizpah Hotel. |
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 Next we stopped at the Clown Motel... |
 Then the graveyard, next to the Clown Motel... |
 They put fences around a lot of graves, as people are just dying to get in. |
 The Belmont Mine fire had an impact on safety regulations. |
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 Susan's clown picture. |
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