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rockgremlin
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| So I'm kinda antsy to get started on this little project. Which peaks would have the snow come off first? |
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accadacca
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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rockgremlin wrote: So I'm kinda antsy to get started on this little project. Which peaks would have the snow come off first?
Me too! Sounds like fun! I would really like to hit Notch Peak first. It looks wicked! :2thumbs:
I would think you could get to it fairly early. Or perhaps Ibapah?
Notch Peak: http://desertislands.org/notch.htm
Ibapah: http://desertislands.org/deep.htm
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James_B_Wads2000
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 8:40 am Post subject: |
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A friend of mine did Notch last Saturday. She said there wasn't much snow, took her five hours round trip hikning and two and a half hours drive from Lehi.
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James_B_Wads2000
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 10:50 am Post subject: |
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This Sunday would be a good day to go for me, but it sounds like eveybodys dance card is pretty full.
James |
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accadacca
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:19 am Post subject: |
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James_B_Wads2000 wrote: eveybodys dance card is pretty full.
That's a funny line James. :lol8: |
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rockgremlin
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 11:41 am Post subject: |
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| Damn!! Wish I could go!! Be sure and post pics. :nod: |
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lonepeakgeek
Joined: 27 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I got switched on to this idea a few years back. So far All I've got done are: Nebo, Thurston, AF Twins, King's. I made an attepmt at Signal in Washington County in winter- after 5 miles of post-holing we got to the TRAILHEAD. We called it at that point. I'm currious to know what everyone thinks is the mors difficult high-point in Utah. We did Kings in a 13 hr round-trip death-march. I was a horny 17 year old at the time. Something like that would kill me now. Ahhh memories of when I was young and capable. |
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accadacca
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lonepeakgeek wrote: I was a horny 17 year old at the time. Something like that would kill me now. Ahhh memories of when I was young and capable.
They have this new stuff called viagra? :ne_nau: :lol8: |
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James_B_Wads2000
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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lonepeakgeek wrote: I got switched on to this idea a few years back. So far All I've got done are: Nebo, Thurston, AF Twins, King's. I made an attepmt at Signal in Washington County in winter- after 5 miles of post-holing we got to the TRAILHEAD. We called it at that point. I'm currious to know what everyone thinks is the mors difficult high-point in Utah. We did Kings in a 13 hr round-trip death-march. I was a horny 17 year old at the time. Something like that would kill me now. Ahhh memories of when I was young and capable.
I have done 18 of the 26 peaks: Thurston, Ibapah, Willard, Deseret, Namoi, Gilbert, Kings, Monument, South Tent, AF Twins, Cardwell, Mine Camp, Brian Head, Andy Nelson, Delano, Waas and Eccentric (plus failed attempts on Nebo and Signal). The hardest one for me was Ibapah. But really for those who are in shape and hike regularly, its shouldn’t be too much. Think of it as Timpanogos with a section of off trail and an extra 1,000 vertical feet to climb.
Most difficult would depend on a number of factors (route, weather, time of year, and whatnot) but in the end would be in the eye of the beholder. IMO the one that could give the most trouble would be Nebo via the South Summit. This is the route described in High In Utah guidebook. I think this route could only be made in a day by very fit people. It proved too much for me back in 2001. If I ever do it again I would start near the Nebo Bench trailhead and climb the ridge to the north of the North Summit (highest one).
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Dean
Joined: 13 Dec 2005
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Forgive me for resurrecting another old thread but the original query on this one was the question about whether anyone had done all the 29 county highpoints. I completed them in 2006 and found doing them took me all over Utah and exposed me to the outstanding areas and places that you wouldn't even know about otherwise.
The toughest five:
Kings
Signal
Ibapah
Nebo
Waas
The most enjoyable :
Kings
Signal
Ibapah
Deseret
Peale
The easiest five:
Brianhead (Iron)
Kane county's liner highpoint
Carbon county's Monument
Wasatch county's highpoint (a liner)
Rich county's Bridger Peak
I have put up a page at Summitpost devoted to the Utah county highpoints and by using it and the easy links I"ve set up, you can get a ton of info on
all of the county highpoints. It is great fun.
http://www.summitpost.org/list/171195/Utah-County-Highpoints.html |
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James_B_Wads2000
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I still haven’t done anymore, and by the looks of it I may never do them. :cry1: But a bunch of people on this site has done some and I think Mtnman1830 is nearly done with all of them. Here is a link to a thread that has various TR’s from people on this site.
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