Red Mountain - 2.23.2016
A photo of the GPS track for our trip to Red Mountain... 7.7 miles roundtrip, gaining ~3600 feet of elevation.
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We parked (2333') at the junction of the Salmon La Sac Road and Forest Service Road 46.
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We hiked (no snowshoes needed for the road) FS-46 for 1.6 miles to the summer trailhead for Red Mountain.
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After hiking FS-46 for 1.6 miles and gaining ~260 feet of elevation we reached the summer trailhead for Red Mountain.
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We still didn't need our snowshoes as we followed a nice trench on solid snow.
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We crossed FS-117 at 3879 feet and the trench we were following ended... so we put on our snowshoes.
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On steep terrain... sinking in more than 6 inches even with our snowshoes on.
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Looking north to Mt. Daniel as we gain elevation on Red Mountain.
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Looking NE toward Hawkins Mountain and the Stuart Range as we gain elevation toward the Red Mountain summit.
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Looking NE to Chikamin Peak on the far left... then the 5 summits of Lemah Mountain, Chimney Rock and the 3 summits of Summit Chief Mountain on the far right.
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Looking north at Mt. Hinman on the left... Mt. Daniel in the center... and Cathedral Rock (the pyramid on the right).
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Starting to get very windy several hundred feet below the north summit of Red Mountain.
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The higher we go, the more wind we find.
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Barb leads the way as we continue on the ridge toward the north summit of Red Mountain.
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Still gaining elevation on steep terrain.
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Will we ever get there?
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We can finally see the corniced summit in the center of the photo.
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BarbE and Snowdog on the north summit of Red Mountain... we will respect the corniced summit and not go any closer to the actual summit.
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Looking NW and north to Hibox Mountain on the far left... then Three Queens... then Chikamin Peak... then the 5 summits of Lemah Mountain... then Chimney Rock... then the three summits of Summit Chief Mountain... then Bears Breast Mountain... then Mt. Hinman and Mt. Dainiel on the right.
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From the north summit of Red Mountain we are looking south to the true summit of Red Mountain... 40+ feet higher than where we are standing... now to get back down this mountain before freezing... too windy and cold to take any more photos on this trip.
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