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Nevada High Points #100 – New Pass Range

Nevada High Points #100 – New Pass Range

Posted on April 26, 2022by D. Craig Young1 Comment on Nevada High Points #100 – New Pass Range

New Pass Peak 9002 ft (2744 m) — 2901 ft gain 2022.04.08 New Pass Peak Collection Big, round numbers are cool, and here I am at High Point #100. It is simply a step on the journey, but it is also a great measure of motivation and experience in getting…

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On the circuit in Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

On the circuit in Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Posted on April 12, 2022by D. Craig Young2 Comments on On the circuit in Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

In January, I had the good fortune to travel to Chile with my good friend, Bill Bloomer. We planned this after the rise-and-fall of Covid’s delta variant thinking that, just maybe, the window would remain and, with due care, we could wander a few distant places once again. And then…

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Nevada High Points #99 – Cocoon Mountains

Nevada High Points #99 – Cocoon Mountains

Posted on March 19, 2022by D. Craig Young3 Comments on Nevada High Points #99 – Cocoon Mountains

Alkali VABM 6104 feet (1860 meters) – 2700 feet gain 2022.03.13 The forecast promised wind, and the day delivered. Although we drove into early morning darkness, an eastern glow of dusty skies preceded with the coming sun. Robert, my son-in-law, joined me on this one-day journey to the Cocoon Mountains,…

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Nevada High Points #98 – Gold Mountain

Nevada High Points #98 – Gold Mountain

Posted on March 12, 2022by D. Craig Young1 Comment on Nevada High Points #98 – Gold Mountain

Gold Mountain 8152 ft (2485 m) – 2300 ft gain 2022.02.25 Gold Mountain Collection It was finally time to get back to a desert high point – my string of monthly highpoints having been broken by a wonderful trip to Patagonia and Atacama Desert in Chile (stories and images coming…

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Nevada High Points #97 – Paradise Range

Nevada High Points #97 – Paradise Range

Posted on January 5, 2022by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Nevada High Points #97 – Paradise Range

Sherman Peak 8957 ft (2639 m) – 2464 ft gain 2021.12.19 Sherman Peak – Paradise Range Collection Winter’s coming, and the first snows have arrived. Although it snowed a little at StoneHeart in Carson Valley, I had watched the storms reorganize over the central Great Basin. How much would there…

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Winter’s Coming to the Eastern Sierra, CA

Winter’s Coming to the Eastern Sierra, CA

Posted on January 5, 2022by D. Craig Young1 Comment on Winter’s Coming to the Eastern Sierra, CA

We were closing out the 2021 field season in Owens Valley, and I had been on a long circuitous road trip working on projects in San Diego, California, visiting with colleagues in Henderson, Nevada, and traversing Death Valley to return to our team working on the fans of the Owens…

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Playa and Pottery – Black Rock Desert Region, NV

Playa and Pottery – Black Rock Desert Region, NV

Posted on January 4, 2022by D. Craig Young2 Comments on Playa and Pottery – Black Rock Desert Region, NV

The playa passes quietly beneath the truck, a narrow path traced by the headlights in the predawn darkness. I had left Desna at Planet X to see what the sunrise might bring on the Black Rock Desert playa. A canopy of bright stars suggested that the desert sunrise would be…

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Nevada High Points #96 – Sahwave Mountains

Nevada High Points #96 – Sahwave Mountains

Posted on January 4, 2022by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Nevada High Points #96 – Sahwave Mountains

Juniper Mountain 7475 ft (2278 m) – 1960 ft gain 2021.11.27 Juniper Mountain – Sahwave Mountains Collection Desna, my wife and partner, was at Planet X for the weekend, it is winter sale time. Although the forecast remained stable with blue skies as far as any meteorologist could see, I…

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Whitney Views – Owens Valley, CA

Whitney Views – Owens Valley, CA

Posted on January 3, 2022by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Whitney Views – Owens Valley, CA

After coming down from the crest of the Inyo Mountains, having wrapped up our small project at the Saline Valley Salt Tram, I set up camp at a small playa on the east side of Owens Valley, north of Dolomite. Desna met me and we circled the wagons in a…

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Saline Valley Salt Tram – Inyo Mountains, CA

Saline Valley Salt Tram – Inyo Mountains, CA

Posted on January 3, 2022by D. Craig YoungLeave a comment on Saline Valley Salt Tram – Inyo Mountains, CA

In early November, a few colleagues and I traversed the challenging 4×4 trail that skirts the ridge line of the Inyo Mountains, from Cerro Gordo high above Owens Lake, to the remaining historic-era structures of the Saline Valley Salt Tram. Although subject of a heroic restoration project several years ago,…

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