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| Hiking | 9.60 Miles |
2,841 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.60 Miles | 6 Hrs 10 Mns | | 2.10 mph |
| 2,841 ft AEG | 1 Hour 36 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I decided to head out to the fringes of @grasshopper and @Oregon_Hiker territory today and do this fun hike.
I parked at the first pullout on the left, just a short distance from 288. I could have easily driven another mile before the road got gnarly, but I figured that I'd add a little distance and elevation gain by parking where I did.
There was some water flowing in Pocket Creek, but not as much as the last time that I did this hike one year ago.
I went up FR 489 to a saddle, and then went to Zimmerman Point first. It wasn't a bad bushwhack to the summit, but I didn't set any speed records. The last time that I was there I located the benchmark and reference mark #2, but I did not locate RM #1. @Flying_Fliver informed me that RM #1 was 47.59 Feet from the benchmark, on a true course of 18 degrees and 18 minutes. Armed with that information, finding reference mark #1 this time was as easy as taking candy from a baby!
After getting back to the saddle, I went up to Asbestos Point. The ascent was much shorter and easier than going up to Zimmerman Point. I was on a forest road for a bit heading up toward Asbestos Point, but rather than following the road around to the north side of the summit, I went off the road and ascended up the east side of Asbestos Point. This is by far the easier way to get up to the summit. There are nice views of Roosevelt Lake and Four Peaks from the summit.
There are two benchmarks on Asbestos Point: one from 1934 that is labeled "Asbestos" and one from 1947 that is labeled "JDB" and has the elevation of 6651 on it. I wonder what "JDB" means?
After descemding down from Asbestos Point, I walked around and looked at some of the mine adits. There is some interesting stuff to see, so this was worth taking a look at.
It was a great day in the Sierra Ancha Wilderness, although it was a bit warmer than I would have preferred. |
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Wildflowers Observation None
There are virtually no wildflowers at this point, but I think that there will be some in the coming weeks -- I would not expect many flowers yet at the relatively high elevation of this hike. |
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