Muddy pk, Muddy mtn, Virgin pk, Little Virgin pk, Billy Goat
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:06 pm
Summited Muddy, Muddy, and Little Virgin on saturday, did Virgin and Billy Goat today to round out another great weekend of peakbagging.
Muddy Peak lives up to its billing as a desert peak classic, fun climb. The 3-4 class chute to gain the summit is a blast. The traverse over to the Muddy Range high point of Muddy Peak involved some route finding, but was mostly an up and down ridge walk.
Due to road washouts, had to park a little further out from Virgin peak than planned. This peak offers a great panorama of surrounding red rock formations, Lake Mead, the Virgin river valley, and distant peaks and table lands over in Utah and AZ. The route description for Virgin mentions an old mine as a landmark for leaving the canyon to gain the SE ridge of Virgin. Never did see that old mine. Minor bushwacking to gain the ridge, much smoother coming back down as the open part of the route was more obvious.
After leaving Virgin peak, the route to Billy Goat is a steep ridge walk from the Whitney Pass area.
Muddy Peak lives up to its billing as a desert peak classic, fun climb. The 3-4 class chute to gain the summit is a blast. The traverse over to the Muddy Range high point of Muddy Peak involved some route finding, but was mostly an up and down ridge walk.
Due to road washouts, had to park a little further out from Virgin peak than planned. This peak offers a great panorama of surrounding red rock formations, Lake Mead, the Virgin river valley, and distant peaks and table lands over in Utah and AZ. The route description for Virgin mentions an old mine as a landmark for leaving the canyon to gain the SE ridge of Virgin. Never did see that old mine. Minor bushwacking to gain the ridge, much smoother coming back down as the open part of the route was more obvious.
After leaving Virgin peak, the route to Billy Goat is a steep ridge walk from the Whitney Pass area.
