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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #35

Boundary Peak flop, Buena Vista, Panum Crater, July 2013.
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29 Jul 2013 52
Arrived Owens Valley at Tioga Pass to find Mono County filled with smoke from the Aspen fire. This was not good for a planned 4,200 ft ascent hike!
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29 Jul 2013 59
Camped at Sagehen Pass on hwy 120 for some elevation acclimation and hope for the best.
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29 Jul 2013 44
A little shot for luck.
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30 Jul 2013 48
Still very smokey the next day dropping into Adobe Valley and Benton Hot Springs.
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30 Jul 2013 57
Here's my goal Boundary Peak and you can barely even see it. I'm screwed.
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30 Jul 2013 53
Wild horses hanging around at Trail Canyon on the Nevada trailhead side.
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30 Jul 2013 58
Cute colt hops into view.
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30 Jul 2013 63
The air is clearer on the Nevada side so I scope out the beginning of the hike with hopes I can do it tomorrow.
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30 Jul 2013 61
A few miles up a riparian swath.
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30 Jul 2013 65
The peak (left) comes into view.
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30 Jul 2013 65
Here the trail takes a different route than I thought, adding to the smoke issue. I thought it would climb the right ridge, but it goes up this draw for the saddle in between.
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30 Jul 2013 45
Looking back down the canyon where it turns up this direct route.
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30 Jul 2013 51
The air looks clearer, but I can see the particles in the sunbeams and I'm getting a hack cough. This direct route goes about 1400 ft straight up skree to the saddle, then another 1000 to the peak. I decide I'm stupid for even thinking about it with this fire going.
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30 Jul 2013 44
Back down, the horse family greets me again.
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