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Wheeler Peak

Wheeler Peak
13,063 feet/3982 m. Just to the right of center. High point of the Snake Range and centerpiece of Great Basin National Park, Nevada. Seen from the cirque below the peak on the north side. This cirque is still said to contain a rock glacier, and there is perennial ice below the blocky glacial debris in the middle, but it doesn't appear to be active at this point. The cirque is eroded into Late Precambrian quartzite, which accounts for the layering seen in the cliffs and the blocky nature of the erosional debris.
I'm sure the spire on the left has a name, but I haven't been able to track it down (maybe I'll just call the park!)

Alexander Prolygin, , Smiley Derleth, and 6 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Gudrun
Gudrun club
It certainly looks like a glacier of rocks! Very interesting landscape though probably rather difficult to walk there.
8 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club has replied
It is very slow going off the trail! Because of the danger of rockfall, the Park Service also recommends staying on the trail--but they don't _forbid_ leaving it! ;)
8 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club has replied
If going off the trail you get hit by a rock you have been warned;-)
8 years ago.
 slgwv
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Indeed! There are actually extreme rock climbers that tackle those cliffs. It's exceedingly poor climbing rock, with all the jointing!
8 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Glad you liked it, Marvin!
6 years ago.

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