Mount Mellenthin (La Sal Mountains) - 6.6.2010
This is our approximate route to Mount Mellenthin and not a GPS route.
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We parked at a hairpin turn (10,560') on the Dark Canyon Road... ~1 mile west of Dark Canyon Lake.
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Mount Peale (12,721') from near our parking spot... the highest peak in the La Sal Mountains.
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Denali Girl traversing towards the col between Mount Laurel (left) and Mount Mellenthin (right).
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When we got a good look at the corniced col on the left, we decided to reverse course and head for the east end of Mellenthin.
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The north side of Mount Peale from ~11,200 feet on the south side of Mount Mellenthin.
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We are going to avoid the cliffy south side of Mount Mellenthin by going to the east side (right).
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On the south side of Mellenthin now... above the cliffs... slow going on this pile of rubble.
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Mount Peale from ~12,200 feet on the south side of Mount Mellenthin.
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On the summit of Mount Mellenthin (12,645')... looking north across Geyser Pass to the northern peaks of the La Sal Range.
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A pano shot... looking across Geyser Pass to the northern peaks of the La Sal Range.
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Looking back at the Mellenthin summit as I head south to see if I can look down and see the col between Mellenthin and Laurel.
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Mount Peale on the left... Mount Tukuhnikivatz on the right... Mount Laurel in the foreground.
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Looking east as we head back to the car.
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The weather is starting to change... this trip was ~5 miles roundtrip, gaining 2085 feet of elevation.
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