Central NV, Mellow LVMC Trip

Harlan WS
July 9-10, 2016

I'm extremely grateful to Anji for driving. Saturday (Summit and Antelope) was the more rigorous day, with maybe 4000' accumulated gain, some interesting steep talus blocks, and tricky navigation to avoid thorny thick brush by the stream. (And ticks.) Sunday was a shorter day, with perhaps 1300' of gain to Roberts Creek Mountain, at the end of an "interesting" 4x4 (and barely visible) road. After that we did a near-drive-up to Prospect Mt (300' vertical hike!), to get good views of where we had been

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Orientation map.
Eureka is the
nearest town.
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Saturday was for
Summit and Antelope.
Most folks drive to
9200' on the west
side for Summit;
we drove to ~ 7600'
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Where we stopped
driving. Perhaps
I could have stood
on the branch while
the vehicles drove
over it, but I wasn't
all that confident.
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We split up and took
two different routes;
both had gratuitous
elevation losses and
tricky footing.
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Antelope Peak. I'm
about to lose ~270'
to cross over to
the main ridge.
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Feral horses
watch me with
suspicion.
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Anji Tops Summit.
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Larry comes up by
"the other route."
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Antelope in back
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Now head to
Antelope
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More horses
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On Antelope, view
back to Summit.
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View to W
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View NE
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lupine
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penstemons
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butterfly on
onions
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Sunday morn
was Roberts Creek
Mountain. We drove
up to 8800' on what
could be charitably
called a crappy road.
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Where we parked.
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Larkspur
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View back at
vehicles
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Larry on way
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Top, view NNW
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View N
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The sharp peak
is "Western"
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Heading back
down to S
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Next was a near-
driveup to
Prospect, S
of Eureka
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View W to Summit
and Antelope
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Domestic
sheep