Capuchin and Endless (2x) Pks; Mean Gene and Anniversary Narrows Pk (+6 days)

Pics by Harlan W S,
March 06, 2023

I'm suffering kidney maladies again, and wanted to bookend my 21st Stroke Anniversary with apt, "short" hikes items from my unfinished business list. I first went up Endless more than 16 years before, and left a register with that name; it was not a FKA, as there were remains of an old survey tower, but no cairn. I had no clue Endless would end up in a guidebook.

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My recent track (red)
and 2007 track (blue).
I took a 4x4 road in--
lots of new washouts,
which I could squeak by.
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Blow-up of
the routes into the
Narrows that I took
in 2007 and 2023
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Context
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View N to end
of Anniversary Narrows
Peak ridge, with route
I will take in 6 days
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View S, Potosi
on skyline
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View across the
unimpressive
(from this side)
Capuchin, to
Endless in back.
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View SE, about
as rough as this route
gets on way to Capuchin.
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View across Narrows
to Mean Gene Peak
(which is about 1 meter
higher than Anniv.
Narrows Peak).
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Endless from Capuchin;
view of 2023 and 2007
routes.
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The register on
Capuchin gives a
low prominence; I
believe the true
prominence is
300' +/- 20'.
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Now I'm looking W
from E peak of
Endless (don't
know which peak
is higher, but survey
station was on W).
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W Peak
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View ESE to peaks
on Anniversary
Narrows Ridge
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Muddy Peak
~N
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Register. Original
register disappeared
before 2017, probably
left out in sun.
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Sports bra drawn
in for modesty.
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View ~WSW
over Mud Peaks,
Lava Butte, then
Potosi in distance
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Southgate
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View over N edge
of Endless, where
the cliffs are.
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I went S down
some steep slabs to
explore this valley.
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Capuchin on R
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There were a few
dryfalls, 10-15'
high.
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I've dropped down
a loose ramp,
into Narrows
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View NE to notch
of Narrows; descent
ramp is on L side
of notch.
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Bird-killer PVC
tubes have been
mostly blocked
by rocks.
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View back over
heavy machinery.
The 4x4 road does
not cross private
property.
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Out of curiosity, I
took the old mine road
S. View NE, you can
see a use trail that cuts
off this big switchback.
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One of four very
recent washouts
on 4x4 road.
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Knife Peak on
drive out. I took
the blue route
in Nov. 2022.