Old Man Mountain
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:18 am
This climb happened on the morning of August 23rd. We left Meadow Lake driving on the dirt road toward Baltimore Lake. We took a right at the first fork in the road and soon reached a very steep and rocky section of the road. I wimped out and parked the truck there.
We hiked the rest of the road. I regretted pulling over so soon. Once you passed that steep section the road became very manageable for the next mile almost all the way to the peak labeled 7594.
We continued south hiking across granite slabs for about another mile. Soon we got a view of the drainage gulley from Phoenix Lake.
We would have to cross this gulley and climb the ridge on the other side. It was a little challenging to climb down into the gulley. This is a picture looking back on the climb down.
Here is a close up shot of some of the class two you need to negotiate.
This next picture shows the bottom of the gulley and the ridge on the other side.
We ran across quite a bit of mining debris from back in the day.
We also discovered several old structures.
I assume the miners used these shelters during their hunt for minerals.
To be continued…
We hiked the rest of the road. I regretted pulling over so soon. Once you passed that steep section the road became very manageable for the next mile almost all the way to the peak labeled 7594.
We continued south hiking across granite slabs for about another mile. Soon we got a view of the drainage gulley from Phoenix Lake.
We would have to cross this gulley and climb the ridge on the other side. It was a little challenging to climb down into the gulley. This is a picture looking back on the climb down.
Here is a close up shot of some of the class two you need to negotiate.
This next picture shows the bottom of the gulley and the ridge on the other side.
We ran across quite a bit of mining debris from back in the day.
We also discovered several old structures.
I assume the miners used these shelters during their hunt for minerals.
To be continued…