rodman's GPS route for Union Peak and Jove Peak... park at the Smith Brook turnout (3150') on Hwy 2.
Snowshoeing the Smith Brook road for 2.9 miles to the second hair-pin turn in the road.
rodman, rdyhiker, BarbE and madmen taking a break before leaving the Smith Brook road.
Working around a cliffy area.
rodman, rdyhiker and BarbE find the solution to the cliffy area.
madman and rdyhiker leading the way where the terrain gets steeper at ~4600'.
Our first good look at Jove Peak from the SE ridge of Union Peak... Glacier Peak in the distance.
Looking back at Jim Hill Mtn and the Chiwaukim Mtns from the SE ridge of Union Peak.
Nearing the Union Peak summit.
BarbE and rdyhiker celebrate on the Union Peak summit (5696')... with Jove Peak in the distance.
Mt. Howard, Mt. Mastiff and Rock Mtn from Union Peak.
We will give back 500' of elevation on this wind-carved ridge on the way over to Jove Peak.
Starting down the wind-carved ridge.
Looking back at Union Peak and its wind-carved NNE ridge as we work our way up to Jove Peak.
Working up the SW ridge of Jove Peak... only 800' of elevation gain from the Union/Jove saddle.
rdyhiker approaches the Jove Peak summit.
madman, BarbE, rdyhiker and rodman on the Jove Peak summit (6007')... Glacier Peak on the right.
A closeup of Jim Hill Mtn, Enchantment Peak, Aasgard Pass, Dragontail Peak and Mt. Stuart.
A closeup of Glacier Peak from Jove Peak.
Sloan Peak on the left with Mt. Baker in the distance.
Lots of snowmobile tracks on Jove's NE slope... with Labyrinth Mtn on the right.
Index, Persis, Merchant and others.
Looking across Union Peak to Lichtenwasser Lake and Lichtenberg Mtn... Mt Daniel, Mt Hinman and Mt Rainier are on the right.
BarbE talking to one of the Jove Peak aliens.
Lake Janus from Jove Peak... the Monte Cristo peaks and Sloan Peak are on the right.
Leaving the Jove Peak summit... we will give back 800' of elevation before starting back up Union Peak's NNE ridge.
We will need to regain 500' of elevation to get back up to the Union Peak summit on the left.
Snowshoeing Union Peak's NNE ridge.
Almost back to the Union Peak summit.
Leaving the Union Peak summit... we will retrace out steps back to the car... 9.75 miles roundtrip, gaining 3946 feet of elevation.