Toiyabe Dome (2x) and SE Summit

Harlan W S & Susan M
July 14, 2013 (Bastille Day)

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Google Earth view from NE.
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Our campsite at the end of Aqueduct
(Cove Canyon) Road.  You have to
search a bit to find relatively rock-free
tent sites.
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We started next morn at 5:45, made it
to summit in 5h45m!
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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...
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...and go S of this little crag.
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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.
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Once past the first 10650' lump on the ridge,
the terrain is open and quite easy.
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Arc Dome in distance.
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At Summit. View ~NW.
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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!
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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.
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Past the landmark outcrop.
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Susan's pic-- yep, it was rocky.
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Poor Jen descending this loose
blocky stuff.
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View SW back up Cove Canyon--
a big cliff with an unseen (but
noisy) waterfall.
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Next day, we stop at a rest area in Carvers.
There was no sign proscribing camping.
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We dropped off Jen for a meeting at the
Mizpah Hotel.
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Next we stopped at the Clown Motel...
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Then the graveyard, next to the Clown
Motel...
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They put fences around a lot of graves, as
people are just dying to get in.
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The Belmont Mine fire had an impact
on safety regulations.
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Susan's clown picture.