Shagged, Ragged, and Jagged

Pics by Harlan W S
Jan 01 2022

This trip was nicer than expected. Maybe the good company and nice cold weather helped; I knew I was pushing the limits of my plantar fasciitis, since I hadn't done much in a while. Accumulated elevation gain was about 3700', over 8.5 miles.

At the top of Shagged, Kevin graciously asked if I wanted to peel off to do Ragged (which he did years back), then meet him at the wash. After I started out, I realized I was doing an extra 1.5 miles and 1000' elevation gain, but I would have to go 2x as fast as him to meet at the required spot! To further the confusion, Kevin went up the wash, and I went for the serrated ridge of Jagged, where my pace slowed to 1.2 mph. Pushing hard on that crumbly mess did me in, as I kept climbing and downclimbing pinnacles that ended in a 10-30' cliffs. We were both hooting and using a high-power whistle, but with the slight wind, we didn't hear each other again till I neared the top of Jagged and Kevin saw me from the next ridge. I was now beat, so we headed down, too haggard for Haggard.

The opinions vary a lot on the toughness of the ridge S of Jagged. I'd suggest, that if you want to "trail run," you take the wash to the E for most of the way. If you stay at the top of the ridge, there is some crumbly class 3+, and much backtracking if you don't pick routes carefully

My route. I've marked the place a "runner" might want to stay low as "easier."	Same, but zoomed out for context	Kevin heads SW up Shagged
	Nopah Range across Sandy Valley, view W from Shagged	Oops! View back S over Ragged... I was so rushed I didn't stop at summit.
Still descending Ragged...	Potosi from way down Ragged	Peak 1642 to ~S
	View N to Jagged	There's the valley where we are to meet.
View NW, last ridge down to valley where we are supposed to meet.	Now I'm on the next ridge looking N to Jagged. I expected this would be fast.	It wasn't.
No picture adequately captures the roughness, as there are hidden drops in what appears as one ridge. View S.		View N
View S	View S	Potosi to E, through one of many hidden gaps.
One of many pinnacles I climbed, just to find a 20' cliff on next side.
At last, Jagged!	Finally on Jagged. Charleston to N
View ~W, Nopah on R side	Next ridge in foreground, View to frosted Potosi	Charleston to N.
Kingston range WSW	I met Kevin over next peaklet to E.