Iron Bear Mountain and Jester Mountain - 4.5.2009
rodman's GPS route for Iron Bear Mtn and Jester Mtn... 10.5 miles roundtrip, gaining 2953 feet of elevation.
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Drive 2 miles north of Mineral Springs on Hwy 97... and park on FS9714 where the snow stops you.
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BarbE and Denali Girl on FS9714... it is a 3 mile road walk to the trailhead from Hwy 97.
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Denali Girl crosses the stream (3600') just before reaching the trailhead.
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BarbE starts ascending the ridge west of the summer trail.
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BarbE rests while ragman and Denali Girl continue to work along Iron Bear Mtn's SE ridge.
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Taking a break at ~4200' on Iron Bear's SE ridge.
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BarbE and rodman on Iron Bear's SE ridge.
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We still can't see the Iron Bear summit... but if we get to the top of this bump, we will be close.
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Denali Girl works her way up Iron Bear's SE ridge... Table Mtn in the distance.
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rodman and BarbE are almost to the top of the bump.
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BarbE is only 200 feet below the Iron Bear summit.
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A closeup of Mt. Rainier from the Iron Bear summit.
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BarbE on the Iron Bear Mtn summit (5489').
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Denali Girl on the Iron Bear Mtn summit... with the Stuart Range in the background.
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A closeup of Mt. Stuart, Sherpa Peak and Navaho Peak.
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A closeup of Colchuck Peak and the west summit of Three Brothers.
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A closeup of Miller Peak.
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Denali Girl, rodman and BarbE on the Iron Bear Mtn summit.
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rodman's shot of the recently placed Jester Mtn summit register.
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BarbE and rodman on the Jester Mtn (5520+) summit... with Iron Bear Mtn behind them.
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BarbE's gorilla-pod summit shot on Iron Bear... ragman, BarbE, rodman and Denali Girl.
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rodman and BarbE start down Iron Bear's SE ridge.
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BarbE and Denali Girl racing down Iron Bear's SE ridge.
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rodman stops to check out a cornice on Iron Bear's SE ridge... Tronsen Head and Diamond Head are between the two trees in the middle of the photo... Table Mtn to the right.
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BarbE in a modified EastKing pose.
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Denali Girl putting her new snowshoes to the test.
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Looking back on the upper portion of Iron Bear's SE ridge.
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Everyone laughs as BarbE rolls a doughnut towards ragman.
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BarbE and Denali Girl demonstrate the fine art of Brushshoeing... almost back to FS9714 and the 3 mile road walk back to the car.
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