Sunday, September 11, 2016

September 10: Cirque Peak Loop

I got in one final Sierras trip, to climb 12900' Cirque Peak at the head of the Cottonwood Lakes basin. I ascended cross country on the north face, up about a thousand feet of scree and boulderfield, before summiting and descending the southwest slope to the PCT and Chicken Spring Lake, returning through Cottonwood Pass. On the summit was a Meetup group who took my picture.
The entire loop is almost 16 miles. I made this same hike in 2007 and liked it enough to redo it. It was a great day for climbing in the Sierras, and afterward I had a room waiting for me at the Dow Villa in Lone Pine.
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2 comments:

  1. P. FaulySeptember 12, 2016 at 7:47 AM

    right across from the pizza factory!

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  2. KevSeptember 12, 2016 at 6:34 PM

    I know! If only I'd had the energy to walk across the street to eat. It ended up being one of those "more tired than hungry" nights.

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