Sacajawea Peak Hike, Eastern Oregon
Sacajawea Peak is Oregon's highest mountain outside of the Cascades. It's an ultra-prominent summit surrounded by outstanding wilderness
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Sacajawea Peak is Oregon's highest mountain outside of the Cascades. It's an ultra-prominent summit surrounded by outstanding wilderness
Continue reading ...It’s been a while! My last adventure updates were in March 2022 from my New Mexico trip. Since then I’ve kept to mostly local adventures. They’ve been fun but not necessarily worth posting about. Good things in family and career have kept me from peakbagging lately. This unique opportunity to “summit” the high point of...
Continue reading ...On my second day of my New Mexico trip I climbed Manzano Peak. This range looms over the Rio Grande valley much like the nearby Sandias but is rarely visited. Manzano Peak rises to 10,098′ and has 3,238′ of topographic prominence. It is the 14th most topographically prominent mountain in New Mexico. So it’s a...
Continue reading ...After bagging several Nevada county high points including Mt Davidson, Rose Peak and Granite Peak, I turned my sights to Virginia Peak. This summit is near Pyramid Lake and is the most topographically prominent peak in Washoe County. Honestly, its not much of a hike given an access road leads to the summit. However, that...
Continue reading ...Granite Mountain is the highest summit in Humboldt County, Nevada. It's a straightforward, 1/2 scramble and hike near Winnemucca
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