A Summer of Peak Bagging

In general, we are not mountain climbers. We prefer to look at mountains from the safety of a lovely tranquil lake.  This year we have climbed Gaylor, Dana,  Stanton, Lewis, Campito, Clem Nelson, Glass, Boundary, Chocolate and some random elevation number only high points.  You might be asking the obvious question, why?  Glass and Boundary have long been on my list to climb.  Why?  No idea really.  They just seem to have captured my imagination.  Dana was on Bob's list.  The others were just convenient for lunch or a view.  Oh well.  Hopefully next year we will be back to our regularly scheduled lake bagging adventures.  In the meantime, some photos of where we went and what we saw.

First up, Gaylor Peak.  We climbed this when the weather was stormy and we were at Yosemite trying to get a good workout in a short amount of time.

Nice view of Mts. Dana and Lewis

Kuna Crest

Prickly Phlox

Mountain Jewelflower

 False White Mountain and Granite Lake

Dwarf Alpine Paintbrush

Oh, and this prominence is Gaylor Peak

Glass Mountain was a fun, short, steep hike through obsidian.

Obsidian fields.

Penstemon and phlox

Where the Glass Mountain marker lies

Did I mention the trail is steep?

Where the actual high point of the range is.

For some reason where the USGS placed the survey marker, and where the high point of the mountain is, are different locations.  So, we decided to visit both, about half a mile apart.

Where we are headed to after our high point peak bagging.

Crowley Lake and the Sierra

The White Mountains where Boundary Peak is located.

Some people have artist talent for the summit register.

More Dwarf Paintbrush which is green this time.

I have no idea what this flower is.

One of two rare locoweeds that we could never sort out to species.

A harsh and beautiful landscape.

Totally Terrifying Dome -- I wanted some time in Yosemite, but road construction has limited options.  We climbed an unnamed dome that I won't be repeating.

Off to a good start with Sierra Penstemon

Totally Terrifying Dome, nope nope nope, never again.

This might have been the best way up, but we did something stupider.

Mountain Pride

Yes, the views from Totally Terrifying were lovely, .  The ascent and descent were not to my liking,  So, nope, nope, nope.  Never again.  

Well, this is long enough for today, so the others will go in future blog posts.