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| Hiking | 4.77 Miles |
1,814 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.77 Miles | 2 Hrs 37 Mns | | 1.97 mph |
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| no partners | | I was passing through Reno and decided to do this hike. It is a P2K peak and a Nevada county highpoint, so it had some peakbagging interest to me. Plus I figured that it might have some nice views.
This hike was a steep one -- it gained about 1,100 feet in the first mile according to the route scout mile splits. I followed a jeep road up until it turned into a drainage, and then followed that up to a saddle between Mount Davidson and Orphir Hill. From the saddle I went up to Davidson, and then I went to Ophir Hill on the way back.
Once I got to the saddle it was crazy windy -- perhaps the strongest wind that I have encountered on a hike. It literally blew me off the trail at one point. I managed to make it up to Davidson, and then to Ophir on the way back. I then descended on the trail that goes down from Ophir. It was a steep descent, and the tread was nothing but loose dirt and rocks. It was akin to walking on ball bearings on a steep hill.
The views on top were nice, although with the strong winds I really could not enjoy the views.
The slippery descent was one of the worst non bushwhacking descents that I have encountered on a hike. That and the crazy winds put this one in one of my least favorite hikes. Perhaps on another day the views would have made up for the lousy tread, but that did not happen today! |
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