Bald Mountain - 10.15.2019
We began this hike at the trailhead for the Wheeler Peak Summit Trail... located at the high point (10,161') on the Wheeler Peak Scenic Road in the Great Basin National Park.
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After hiking a mile or so we got a clean view of Wheeler Peak on the right and Jeff Davis Peak on the left.
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We have left the Wheeler Peak Summit Trail and are heading cross country for the south ridge of Bald Mountain.
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Broader views of Jeff Davis Peak and Wheeler Peak as we continue our way up toward the south ridge of Bald Mountain.
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The deer could care less about us.
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Getting closer to the south ridge of Bald Mountain.
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Nearing the south ridge of Bald Mountain... with Wheeler Peak in the distance.
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On the south ridge of Bald Mountain... looking back at Jeff Davis and Wheeler.
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Heading for the summit of Bald Mountain on easy terrain... but a person still needs to pay extra attention because there is no trail.
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Gaining elevation on Bald Mountain... looking down to where we gained the south ridge in the flatish spot below in the right foreground.
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Nearing the summit of an appropriately named Bald Mountain.
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On the summit (11,562') of Bald Mountain... I assume that this is a weather station.
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On the summit of Bald Mountain... looking south to Jeff Davis and Wheeler... there are huge basins on both sides of these peaks.
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Looking north from the summit of Bald Mountain.
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Jeff Davis and Wheeler from the wind-break on the summit of Bald Mountain... the little patch of snow is the only snow we touched all day long.
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The huge basin that is west of Bald Mountain... there is a similar sized basin to the east, but I didn't take a photo of it.
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I have left the summit of Bald Mountain and returned to meet Denali Girl where we gained the south ridge of Bald... we decided to hike over to the saddle between Bald and Wheeler... then use the Wheeler Peak Summit Trail to get back to the car.
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Looking back at Bald Mountain as we continue to the saddle between Bald and Wheeler.
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Nearing the saddle between Wheeler Peak and Bald Mountain.
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Back on the Wheeler Peak Summit Trail... and heading for the car... the trip was a total of 5 miles, gaining 1473 feet of elevation.
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