Black Hawk Mountain: Laziest Trip Repor
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:15 pm
So lazy I couldn't even finish writing the stupid title.
I was solo this past Saturday, so I just picked the closest SPS peak to my house that was on a road closed during winter (gotta save Tahoe peaks for winter). Black Hawk Mountain it was!
I was on call for work on Sunday, but I had Saturday free. Woke up at 4AM, threw my running gear in the truck, and was at Kennedy Meadows by 7:30. I didn't do a whole lot of research beforehand, just figured "go south on trail til you can cross the creek, cross, then go south until you run out of up". That and some peakbagger reports would do, the whole Emigrant Wilderness is like class 2 granite.
8.5 hours, car to car, on horse poop trails & pleasant granite slabs. The trail was somewhat runnable, made good time. Cross country slabs made for a lot of easy travel. Still not fast like a trail though. Not a bad time for a hiker, but pretty crappy for a supposed runner (I am not a good runner).
Here's some pics:
I called my mom from the summit while hiding behind a rock from raging wind. Found Powen Ru's recently placed summit register inside a tomato sauce jar.
I came across a party of 4 people fishing at the big Lewis Lake. And I found a pair of sandals at the lake outlet (free swag!). They were decrepit as hell, and I threw them away (not so swaggy).
I was solo this past Saturday, so I just picked the closest SPS peak to my house that was on a road closed during winter (gotta save Tahoe peaks for winter). Black Hawk Mountain it was!
I was on call for work on Sunday, but I had Saturday free. Woke up at 4AM, threw my running gear in the truck, and was at Kennedy Meadows by 7:30. I didn't do a whole lot of research beforehand, just figured "go south on trail til you can cross the creek, cross, then go south until you run out of up". That and some peakbagger reports would do, the whole Emigrant Wilderness is like class 2 granite.
8.5 hours, car to car, on horse poop trails & pleasant granite slabs. The trail was somewhat runnable, made good time. Cross country slabs made for a lot of easy travel. Still not fast like a trail though. Not a bad time for a hiker, but pretty crappy for a supposed runner (I am not a good runner).
Here's some pics:
I called my mom from the summit while hiding behind a rock from raging wind. Found Powen Ru's recently placed summit register inside a tomato sauce jar.
I came across a party of 4 people fishing at the big Lewis Lake. And I found a pair of sandals at the lake outlet (free swag!). They were decrepit as hell, and I threw them away (not so swaggy).