Gillian and Jason met up with us at the Ark last night. Jason decided to do all 4 of the mountains, Dial, Nippletop, Colvin and Blake,
while us, the mortal only going to hike Nippletop and Dial.
Junction of Fish Hawk Cliffs.
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Summit of Nippletop is behind the bump.
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Junctions to Colvin or Nippletop.
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Elk Pass.
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Elk Pass. The trail was a little blown-in, not too bad with snowshoes on.
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View of the Great Range while climbing up the ridge.
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Ran into Jason, he was heading to Colvin and Blake. Cute couple :).
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Finally reached the freaking ridge. Summit is 0.2 mile away, according to the sign.
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Nice views of Dix Range.
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0.2 miles my ass! Just when we thought we reached the highest point, only to see there is another higher bump further away.
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Gillian waited for us at the summit of Nippletop.
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Views of the Great Range from Nippletop.
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Santanoni from Nippletop. And Blake in the foreground.
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The devil on Nippletop.
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Dix Range again.
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Dix Range again.
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The crew heading back to the false summit.
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Gillian near the summit of Dial.
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Views od Nippletop and Great Range from Dial.
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Kim at the summit of Dial.
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Gillian waited for us at the shouder of Noonmark.
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View of Great Range form the shoulder of Noonmark.
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The dismal landscape left by a fire, in late 90's?
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Dix is under the cloud by now.
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Some strange looking black stuff on some of the branches.
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