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County High Pointing in all 50 states
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9 Messages
Digest #5350
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Sandymush Bald (Madison NC) and Crabtree Bald (P2K) TR by cuber86
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AZ cohps and Pokemon GO by "Andy Martin" oldadit
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CA & OR Cascade Volcanoes - Colo Mtn Club trip by "Dave Covill" dave_covill
3b
Re: CA & OR Cascade Volcanoes - Colo Mtn Club trip by karrhorn
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600 by "Dave Covill" dave_covill
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Putnam  NY by "Coby King" cobyking
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Casey and Pulaski, Kentucky by pcraft999
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Apex 5000' CoHPs (& under). by "Jobe Wymore"
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Re: Apex 5000' CoHPs (& under). by "xander Carlson" xandathor

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Sandymush Bald (Madison NC) and Crabtree Bald (P2K) TR
Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:23 am (PDT) . Posted by:
cuber86
I ended up doing both of these peaks along the same ridgeline on the same day, but from separate trailheads.

Sandymush Bald--Madison NC COHP, 5142'
7/23/16

This one had been on my life list (as a 5000'+ COHP in the lower 48) for a while, but the access up this private highpoint seemed to have come into question as of late. However, Tom Layton's timely TR opened up a new avenue for access: the Cabins at Sandymush Bald.

I reached Lisa at info.cabinsatsandymushbald@gmail.com and asked her for permission to hike up the road, which she readily granted. She just wanted me to email her a heads up what day I would be planning to hike the mountain.

Getting an early start and following Tom's excellent directions, I pulled into the small parking area at the 19001 mailbox, which was a bit rough but not too much for my trusty Pontiac Vibe. I parked out of way of the gate and started up the road at first light. The road up to the cabin is mostly straightforward--as you get within 0.2 miles of it, stay left at 2 immediate junctions to head to the cabin; apparently right eventually will take you toward the summit as well.

I reached the cabin at 7 AM, where I found the occupants already up and about--Dr. Adler himself, and two employees. The good doctor invited me to sit with him a spell on the porch, and we talked about everything from medicine to mountains to New Zealand. A truly fascinating man, and incredibly sharp even at the age of 95! Lisa, as it turns out, was his niece, but she wasn't at the cabins this day. Eventually, I continued upward, making a few wrong turns and backtracking to find the ridge crest again. Tom had it right--simply follow the slightly overgrown two-track along the fence line. You'll pop out to splendid 180-degree views atop the bald just a few dozen vertical feet below the summit.

I enjoyed the views a bit, then continued toward the other part of the highest contour. I picked up another faint two-track, but this was unpleasant going--unavoidable brambles choked the road in many places. I soon reached the highest ground at the southern candidate, legs bleeding in a few spots, and poked around a bit in the brush. I don't know which area is higher--the northern area on the bald seemed like it entailed more uphill from between the two points, but the southern area read higher on my (often inaccurate) GPS by 10'. I guess visit both...

I'd been mulling simply taking my chances at traversing over to Crabtree Bald, but between my presence having been noted by the cabin staff and the daunting prospect of bashing through more brambles, the correct choice was obvious--I turned tail and retraced my steps back to the cabin, arriving there a little over two hours since leaving my car. The others were gone, but as I high-tailed it down the road, I eventually caught up with their slow-moving vehicles! I thanked them one more time and reached my car 40 minutes after leaving the cabin.

This infrequently-climbed COHP is another one where I implore you to ask permission beforehand--you'll most likely get it, and the people up there really are some of the friendliest around. As thanks for their generosity and hospitality even to a non-paying visitor, I will likely try to spend a night up there sometime down the road.

I now need only Guyot and Old Black, Big Bald, Grandfather Mountain, and two of the three Cherokee County NC candidates to finish the list of 5000'+ county highpoints in the Southeast.


Crabtree Bald--NC P2K, 5340'
7/23/16

I'd been worried about getting permission for this one. Luckily, some last-minute advice from Vince Kloster gave me enough pieces of the puzzle for everything to come together. While I didn't have a direct phone number, I had a name, an address, and a place of business to go off of.

I drove over from 209 up to Bald Creek Rd, first poking around the Triple Creek subdivision. The houses up this valley are all quite nice. I found an older woman tending her garden, and while she was cordial, she didn't know anything about the landowner. I drove back to the address I'd been given, and decided to boldly just walk up the driveway to the house there. As luck would have it, the landowner was outside already, and when I explained what I wanted he had no problem with me hiking up the mountain. He just requested I not leave the gate for the electric fence open in the cattle grazing area.

The good-quality gravel road I took to get up the mountain was rather steep in places, flat in a few others. Though signs mentioned "4WD Only" and "Steep, Sharp Curves Ahead", I think a passenger car might well be able to make it up to the saddle. I was, however, on foot. The views began to open up as I reached the saddle, and Crabtree itself was finally visible, power lines running up its slopes.

At the saddle, I found the gate on the left, then continued up grassy pastureland along the ridge, perturbing a few cows. I followed occasional stretches of two-track and cattle path until I was finally at the base of the last 300' ascent. A narrow tongue of meadow was on the right, the two-track on the left. I went left. The old road blissfully entered some shaded forest and rhododendron patches, then switchbacked up until unceremoniously dumping me on the structure-festooned summit. It had taken me 2:40 to get up this one, as I was now moving much slower.

The descent went much quicker, with me returning to my car in 1:20. Unlike on Sandymush, I generally had cell service from near the bottom to near the top of the mountain. The landowner's wife was outside, and I let her know I was on my way out and thanked them again. My timing was impeccable, as it began to rain a mere five minutes after getting back to my car.

For those looking to climb Crabtree, do try to seek out permission. Again, you'll most likely get it. While I still do not have a phone number for the landowner, any legitimate interested parties can contact me for the information I do have--it should be enough to get a hold of him, one way or another. I do not see this area undergoing significant development in the near future, which was a fear of mine.

This ascent leaves me with just three P2Ks left in the southeastern US--Cheoah Bald, Big Bald, and Grandfather Mountain.


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AZ cohps and Pokemon GO
Sun Jul 24, 2016 12:00 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Andy Martin" oldadit
Per the Ingress map Mount Lemmon (Gym), Humphreys Peak (?),
and Harquahala Mtn. (?) are the only AZ cohps with Poke-stuff
at the top.

(Dave)
>>That being said, I think having pokestops and gyms on the small
highpoints wouldn't necessarily diminish anyone's appreciation of their
surroundings

Agree with that.

>>I will work with Mackenzie to see what it would entail to add more
Stops and Gyms where appropriate

In theory you can send requests to this page:

https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=319928

(Ed Wandell - private email)
Alas, Ingress is not accepting any new portal submissions, but with the
PoGo players invading everything, they are likely going to have to
revisit this. We expect that many of the portals/pokestops/gyms that are
on private property could go away. And major corporations like McDonalds
want to take advantage of the interest and add portals.

My hunch is that it is going to be tough to get new Poke Gyms
added to state high points, but time will tell.

To see existing Ingress stuff at state and AZ COHP check out

http://www.cohp.org/writers/AndyMartin/PokemanGo/

And select images for state(s) you are interested in.
Field checking is still needed on all these
except Mount Lemmon AZ.

Pima COHP claimed by your humble servant:
http://www.cohp.org/writers/AndyMartin/PokemanGo/z_AZ_Pima1.PNG
Avatar is my wife ;)

I have a second account named COHPdotORG which I might be able
to add to this GYM. HIGHPOINTERSdotORG might still be
available. Note that there is a lot of turnover at popular
Poke Gyms - I've been booted out of the Mount Lemmon Gym,
and would have to drive back up there to reclaim my glory :(

I've figured how to use the Ingress Intel Map better:

https://www.ingress.com/intel

CONTROL MINUS and CONTROL PLUS are handy for zooming in/out.
This map is pretty useful for finding out of the way Poke stuff.
I found one that might be on private property - my first
Poke - stealth ??

Finally, if you anyone has a bunch of COHP or STATE HP related
computer files that you want to get online let me know, and
I'll set you up with a directory like

www.cohp.org/writers/[YourName]/[YourFiles]

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CA & OR Cascade Volcanoes - Colo Mtn Club trip
Sun Jul 24, 2016 3:45 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Dave Covill" dave_covill
I led a Colo Mtn Club trip to Southern Cascades Volcanoes mid-July 2016. I
had 9 students start the trip, at Mt Shasta, and this dwindled to 2 by the
end, with my friends Joe Burke from Oakland CA, Rob Venema of Portland OR,
and Dave Hart of Anchorage AK joining at the end.

We started by flying to Medford OR, and after a rainy day spent enjoying
not seeing anything at Crater Lake NP but hiking down to lake level, we
proceeded to Mt Shasta. From there we climbed Mt Thielsen, South Sister,
and Mt Jefferson. Reports follow.

========================================================

Siskiyou CA

Mt Shasta  14,162

7/10/16

Dave Covill

With Jessica Perkins, Andy Westmeyer, Michelle Cooper, Elliott Forcier,
Steve Clark, Sheryl Lampert, Katie Hendrickson, Rachel Miedema, Mindy
Decker.

This group of students, ranging from about 25  48, were in a recent Colo
Mtn Club High Altitude Mountaineering School (HAMS) class. About half had
already climbed Rainier, some just a couple weeks prior.

We encountered rain when we landed in Medford on Friday July 8. We chose to
visit Crater Lake NP instead of heading up Shasta. Mist, fog, low clouds
prevented us from seeing much, but we did walk down to lake level. I drank
some water, not bad. The gang was not interested in visiting any of the rim
points noted on Peakbagger dot com.

We drove in on Saturday morning to the North Gate TH, for an attempt of the
Hotlum-Bolum Ridge route. We had pondered a direct assault on the Hotlum
Glacier, but the winds were predicted to exceed 60-80mph for a few days at
the summit. We elected a more conservative target. We hiked to a high camp
at 10,000, similar to where I had in 2011 with Dennis Poulin, James
Graham, and others. The winds were modest there overnight, but we could see
wind up high. We set out for the summit about 3:30AM, clear skies, some
wind. We wore crampons, harnesses, helmets right from camp, but used poles
to ascend the snow field above us to about 11,000, then cross a thin rock
rib to the H-B Ridge itself. This is a broad smooth snowfield/glacier
running from perhaps 10,000 to 13,000, at which points it blends into the
upper summit rocks and ice slopes above the Hotlum Glacier. It is smooth,
and goes from perhaps a 15d slope to around 35d at the top. It faces
directly North.

Winds were extreme above us, and at ~12,000 we turned down and back to
high camp. I estimate the summit winds to be above 50-60mph. The
lenticular cloud kept building as the day wore on. The USFS ranger had
shown us a meteorology web page that predicted 80-100mph at the summit for
Sunday.

***********************

Douglas & Klamath OR

Mt Thielsen  9,182

7/12/16

Dave Covill

With Sheryl Lampert, Katie Hendrickson, Rachel Miedema, Mindy Decker.

This group of students, ranging from about 25  48, were in a recent Colo
Mtn Club High Altitude Mountaineering School (HAMS) class. About half had
already climbed Rainier, some just a couple weeks prior. Part of a larger
group, we had just attempted Mt Shasta two days prior.

We took a rest day on Monday July 11, and visited Crater Lake NP again
enroute to the TH for Mt Thielsen. Amazingly clear, terrific experience
for all of them. We spent the night at Diamond Lake USFS CG, paying $20 for
a campsite for 4 tents.

Thielsen is not an alpine climb, but rather a striking rocky pinnacle
thrusting skywards for hundreds of feet at the summit. It is noted in
various circles as being anywhere between 3rd Class and low 5th Class. It
is approached from the West from a TH off of hwy 138. The gain is about
3,800 in 5 miles O/W. Three quarters of the way up the trail crosses the
PCT, which cuts across the western flank of Thielsen at about the 7,400
level. There were minor patches of snow in gullies on the North side, but
we were on the West or South sides at all times.

As we approached the summit pinnacle, we rested, and cached gear not needed
for the summit bid, including crampons, axes, gaitors, extra water, etc. We
then proceeded to the base of the summit pinnacle, wrapping to the right
around to the SE side of it. This is the approach taken by most parties. From
here, you look up at a steep face, with many possibilities of ascent. We
chose to stay far right. Mindy belayed Sheryl up, as Sheryl had taken Trad
Lead Climbing School in 2015. The others all had some experience rock
climbing but not as much. Sheryl clipped two existing old pitons, and
placed 2 cams. She fastened an anchor just below the summit, and belayed
up all the rest of the team. From there it was about 15 up and 40 away to
the highest rocks. We were able to all gather carefully on the high rocks
for a photo op. We used the CMC banner given to us by the front office
staff.

On the way down we secured our 30M (100 ) 8.0mm rope at one end to the
anchor, and all the students performed a single (thin) strand rap to level
ground. The first down used a safety auto-block, and then she performed a
firemans belay on the others to expedite matters. I then doubled the
rope, left a locking biner on a sling of mine, and two-rope rappelled down
50, about  of the distance down. I then carefully down-climbed the
remainder. I assess this route to be 4th Class, certainly harder than
Class 3, but probably not really worthy of a Class 5.0 or higher rating. I
was quite comfortable climbing it in both directions, although a rope was
nice on the way up through unfamiliar terrain.

We walked out to the PCT, took a break, where we encountered PCT
thru-hikers, including a CMC WTS instructor I knew. Small world. Weather
was perfect. About 3 hours to the pinnacle, 2 hours R/T for the climb and
descent, and about 2 hours down to the TH from there, moving rather rapidly.

***********************

Douglas & Klamath OR

South Sister  10,358

7/14/16

Dave Covill

With Rachel Miedema, Mindy Decker, Joe Burke, Rob Venema

This group of students, ranging from about 25  48, were in a recent Colo
Mtn Club High Altitude Mountaineering School (HAMS) class. About half had
already climbed Rainier, some just a couple weeks prior. Part of a larger
group, we had just attempted Mt Shasta four days prior, and had climbed Mt
Thielsen two days prior.

After staying at a relatively nice Motel 6 and enjoying Deschutes Brewery
in Bend, we took a rest day on Wednesday July 13, and visited Newberry
Volcanic National Monument, touring ice tube tunnels, lava flows, and
Paulina Peak, the highpoint. We spent Wed eve at the TH for South Sister,
at Devils Lake USFS campground, at about 5,500. Camping is free;
first-come first-served, with maybe 30 sites. It is a very popular place,
nearby to Bend OR.

South Sister is a long dayhike, about 5,000 vertical in 6.5 miles O/W. You
encounter snow at about 9,000. The summit is similar to Rainier; but much
wider across; a flat crater with slightly raised rim, with high ground at
the far side. Astounding views; we could see all the way south to Shasta
in CA, and Rainier, Adams, and St Helens in WA. I calculated the view-span
to be about 200+ miles. Weather was perfect. It took us much of the day
for the climb, perhaps 4:40 up and 3:00 down, with an hour or so on the
summit.

***********************

Douglas & Klamath OR

Mt Jefferson  10,497

7/16/16

Dave Covill

With Rachel Miedema, Mindy Decker, Joe Burke, Rob Venema, Dave Hart

This group of students, ranging from about 25  48, were in a recent Colo
Mtn Club High Altitude Mountaineering School (HAMS) class. About half had
already climbed Rainier, some just a couple weeks prior. Part of a larger
group, we had just attempted Mt Shasta six days prior, and had climbed Mt
Thielsen four days prior, and South Sister the day before.

After staying at a relatively nice All Seasons Motel in Detroit OR, we set
out for the TH. Dave Hart from Anchorage AK joined us Thursday evening. Dave
is a very experienced alpinist friend, with many ascents in Alaska and all
over the world to his name, but he lacked several Cascade Volcanoes and
wanted to make a dent in that list.

Friday we began the long hike in to a high camp. I made the decision to
approach via the Whitewater Glacier on the East side of Jefferson. We
could not get a permit to approach via Pamelia Lakes drainage, and the
other alternatives involved ugly steep scrambles, or a very long drive to
the East side. Since this was a HAMS class hike, we needed to maximize the
time spent on glaciers, not minimize it via ridge talus & scree scrambles.

We made good time on an excellent trail to the PCT, then took it northward
to Jefferson Park, a flat area of many ponds (with accompanying skeeters).
>From here we bushwhacked steeply up on a faint use trail to a flat area at
7,000 in the center of section 14. We encountered COHPer Lou Hibbard and
his friend Scott camped there. I had been briefed by HAMS Instructor Dan
Feighery, who had led a group there three weeks prior and had come within
250 of the summit on our exact same route, that he had had a 17 hour
summit day from there, and that we should camp higher if possible. Being
only 3PM, we bid goodbye, and made our way to a thin rock rib between snow
tongues, at 8,000, just above a glacial pond at 7,800. It took us about 6
hours to make it there.

We started at 4:30AM, with Mindy leading the first rope of 3 the entire
length of the Whitewater Glacier traverse, perhaps 2 miles and up to about
9,000. From there we un-roped, and scrambled up 1,000 of boulder, talus,
and scree terrain on the SE ridge of Jefferson. Once at the top of this, at
the Red Saddle, Dave Hart led the other 3 man rope team across the famous
steep snow slopes. We were quite surprised to see that there was way more
snow and ice present on the upper mtn than on any photos we had previously
seen. Dave placed 5 pickets as he wrapped around the mtn from the NW
corner to the SE corner, at a level elevation. Once we came to the end of
the traverse, we were faced with a very steep snow and ice climb up perhaps
80 to more level ground near the summit rocks. Dave led up this once the
first team was at the end of the traverse. He placed pickets, ice screws,
and cams, then belayed all climbers up. From there we established a fixed
line to clip to for the airy but easy (Class 3) scamper on dry rocks to
high ground. The team was able to all assemble for the summit photo and
enjoy lunch.

On the descent we rapped down, then reversed the travers back to the Red
Saddle. From there it was an ugly descent down the ridge, then roping back
up we proceeded to return to high camp. Dave H went on ahead solo, grabbed
his gear, and walked down at 4PM, taking a few heavy items which he stashed
in Robs truck for us, and then he drove to Bend for the night. The next
day he solod South Sister in about 4 hours+, then for good measure climbed
Mt Bachelor in a couple of hours, then drove to Portland for his evening
flight to Anchorage. Yikes! I would say he got his moneys worth out of
that plane ticket..

The group encountered Lou & Scott at the Traverse, and another team of 4
near the Red Saddle, who had come all the way up from Jefferson Park. We
later saw these people near our camp headed down about 5PM, so they did not
summit. Lou & Scott did, passing by us at 9PM, making for a very long day
similar to that which Dan Feighery et al had experienced. They did summit.
No other climbers on the mtn above Jefferson Park level. Fabulous views
again, this time no Shasta to the South, but I could distinguish Glacier
Peak between MSH and Rainier to the far North. Again, amazing to be up
there. I have not climbed all the Cascade Volcanoes of course, but so far,
I have to concur that Jefferson is the Alpha-Beast of the lot. Summit day
was a little over 11 hours camp to camp. Descent day was about 4 hours,
employing a snow gully near the 7,200 lake which was sweet but
short-lived, followed by an ugly ravine descent of over 700 down to
Jefferson park level and the PCT trail.

We split up back at Detroit OR at the motel parking lot, with Mindy headed
to Medford for a Monday flight, Joe & Rob headed to Robs house in
Portland, and Rachel & I drove East to Bend and then on into the eastern OR
high desert country to Boise, then home vie UT and WY on I-80 to Denver,
arriving Monday evening about 7PM in Golden. Nice to be back home, long
trip.

*****************************

Dave ( tired just thinking about all of it... ) Covill
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Re: CA & OR Cascade Volcanoes - Colo Mtn Club trip
Sun Jul 24, 2016 5:00 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
karrhorn
Quite a trip! In the "small world" department, Mindy is the daughter of a colleague of mine in The Florida Orchestra in Tampa. I just saw her and her family at a concert of the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder, where I work in the summers. Summited Crestone and East Crestone today, btw!
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600
Sun Jul 24, 2016 5:21 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Dave Covill" dave_covill
It occurred to me recently that I just garnered my 600th COHP. This
occurred on Mt Thielsen in OR on July 12, 2016.

I have been actively pursuing county highpoints since February 1995, or 21
years. John Mitchler & I visited Elbert, Denver, and Arapahoe counties
that day. Thanks a lot, Andy Martin........

;)

**********************

Point being, with the help of Peakbagger dot com, I can see my progress
through the years. At first they came rather quickly and easily. I had a
total of 39 before my first true COHP done for that purpose only.

http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=718&sort=ascent&cid=2284&u=ft&hu=0&pt=notset

I reached 100 in June 1997 - ( many years had passed since zero of
course )
I reached 200 in April 2000 - ( 3 years gone by )
I reached 300 in March 2003 - ( 3 years gone by )
I reached 400 in August 2006 - ( 3 years gone by )
I reached 500 in March 2011 - ( 5 years gone by )
I reached 600 in July 2016 - ( 5 years gone by )

I find it fascinating that I was so consistent up to 400 with a three year
pace per 100, and then again consistent through 500 and 600 with five years
to accomplish each.

Bobs Schwab and Packard might scoff at my pace, and indeed they should.
Once upon a time I was in about 9th-10th place in terms of COHPs, back
around 1999 or so. Now, I appear to be in about 25th place, after
attempting to consolidate from several sources. Hah !

I predict that #700 will come some day, perhaps in 5 years, maybe longer,
who knows? Stay tuned. Pipe in with your own observations if you please.

Dave ( only 8 major leaguers have hit 600 Home Runs; I compare more
favorably to those hitting 500+ with 27 guys ) Covill
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Putnam  NY
Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:34 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Coby King" cobyking
I was in Putnam Valley this weekend to visit my mother, and I took time this morning to knock off my first New York State COHP, fittingly Putnam since I spent many happy summers in my childhood in the County.

I used the eastern approach, and Mike Schwartz's directions are still good, though I came up from the south after eating at the Mohegan Diner. I parked on the US 9 side of the bridge. It was already in the mid-70s and muggy at 7:30. The three blazes are still visible at the trailhead, though I had to peer through the growing foliage to see them. A nice raspberry patch where the actual trail starts.

I don't have a ton to add on the respective heights of the four points, but I want to report one relevant development and one not-so-relevant.

Starting at the draw that is crossed on the way up (Chris Gilsdorf refers to it as a stream, but it was quite dry today) I noticed a new-looking surveyors stake. From there, as I moved up the trail, I saw more stakes. The surveyor had set a variety of monuments as well, usually clearly marking them by sinking a stick in the ground and connecting the stick with surveyor's tape to the monument with a note that usually read "property angle," though at least one example said "property corner."

I followed the trail to the first point "D" (after a short detour for PB Scofield Ridge North in Duchess County). However, despite a persistent and diligent search, I (like Chris) could not find the yellow cross Mike referred to. What I DID find was that there were more surveyor's stakes, markings and monuments. I am totally guessing, but I believe from my observation that the surveyor was marking the county line. Interestingly, on the rock that I thought was the highest point in Putnam County in that area, there was pink paint on the rock. Further, a few feet from either side of the paint splotch were two smallish trees, each of which had a small portion of bark removed about two feet above the ground. If you drew an imaginary line between the two trees it ran right through the splotch.

The next two areas, as anyone visiting the area knows, are easy. There was more evidence of the surveyor's work and interestingly, each of the yellow crosses had a dab of pink paint in them. At point A, I climbed around all the candidates, and called it good. No pink dabs on any of them.

After visiting the Beacon Fire Tower (more on that below), I returned. While on the way from the car, I hiked out to the viewpoint that Mike mentioned, on the way back I took advantage of his advice to cut over and avoid the extra down and up. I'm glad I did, as I discovered yet more examples of the surveyor's work. In one spot in particular, the surveyor set a monument, marked it with a stick and tape, and (similar the Point A example) marked two nearby trees with not one bark gouge, but three each. I looked at my track and sadly, this possibly important spot does not appear to be very close to where the Duchess-Putnam border turns. It's not even all that close to the county line on the map. Maybe this is part of a border adjustment, but I'm completely speculating. It was all very interesting.

Finally, on the Mt. Beacon Fire Tower: As Brendon Connelly noted, it's definitely worth a visit, through that extends the total hike to over 9 miles. Beyond point A (the southern-most area), continue to follow the yellow blazes downhill to where it crosses a red-blazed road. Turn right on the road and follow it downhill. It soon crosses a T-intersection with a white-blazed trail on the left and then immediately comes to a junction. Straight is down to the Town of Beacon, and a left turn goes moderately steeply up to the tower. The news is that a restoration of the tower was completed in 2013, and it is now open. The great views that Brendon mentions are now even more spectacular. (And it's a P1K!)

Coby King
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Casey and Pulaski, Kentucky
Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:40 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
pcraft999
The latest report from 2002 is still accurate. The quarry is closed and the land is not posted. The quarry is not on the topo map but is in the valley facing south at 1200'. I parked at the entrance and started up the road. Short of the quarry I struck north up the mountain. I trended a bit west of north and used my GPS to the Pulaski county HP. I picked up an old logging road to the summit. The BM was obscured under growth.


Coming down I followed the logging road, switchbacks trending due south to the northern high wall of the quarry. The road then followed the western edge of the quarry below the entrance and back to the car. The round trip loop was about 2.5 miles.
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Apex 5000' CoHPs (& under).
Sun Jul 24, 2016 9:11 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jobe Wymore"
Today was a marvelous day having had the opportunity to put Grays Harbor CoHP in the rear view mirror. This CoHP is steep(!), treacherous(!), a route finding complexity topped off with a sigh of amazement and relief once the journey is over with. I was joined by Andrew Hladecek, for this tasty morsel, one that I have no desire whatsoever to feast on again.

During the drive home I got to thinking about other epic 5000' threshold CoHPs out there that once done nobody ever wants to repeat if he/she values ones own life. I guess you could group the peaks, 20 or so, into a Sub-5000' Apex list which would obviously be more diversified regionally that the current Apex list. Any recommendations out there? Is there even 20 of them in existence?

Jobe Wymore

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Re: Apex 5000' CoHPs (& under).
Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:32 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"xander Carlson" xandathor
Great idea Jobe! If I had to make a sub-20 for myself personally, I would break it down into the 20 I dread the most to have to complete given a variety of factors. These would also be by the easiest route on the mountain.

Grays Harbor - WA (haven't looked into it much, but now that you mention it)
Mt Daniel - WA (Might be making too much of this one, but it looks pretty difficult)
Mt Adams - WA (Hey, we got all the other WA volcano COHP's on here, and this one is usually a two dayer)
Organ Needle - NM (route finding, the break your legs if you fall ledge you have to cross)
Wilson Peak - CO (That final class 4 summit block)
Mt Wilson - CO (The final bit before the summit looks daunting)
Crestone Peak - CO (the top of the red couloir to the top looks tricky. Then you gotta go back down to the couloir and go back up the other side!)
Mt Thielsen - OR (Dreading that final pinnacle)
Bell Mountain - ID (I see this one as the most difficult for the state)
Windom Peak - CO (distance traveled to get to it)
Big Baldy - ID (distance again)
Diamond Peak - ID (I think this one won't be too tough on the ridge, but I needed to find 20)
Snowshoe Peak - MT (difficulty of route)
Hilgard Peak - MT (even more difficulty of route)
Mcdonald Peak - MT (approach and route)
Yolo County - CA (terrible bushwhack, although this year it sounds like it's not as bad being burnt out)
Ruby Dome - NV (This one might not need to be on the list if the ridge from Ruby Pyramid is easier, but the route I took going up the west side of the cirque and then down the gully was rough)

Split Rock - WY (This mountain is the only COHP in the west listed as class 4 that is not on the APEX or my sub APEX list. I would not put it on the list because the class 4/5 move is entirely within a crack in the boulder at the top, if you fall, you just slide right back down to the bottom of the crack. You might twist your ankle at the worst. The hardest part of this climb is getting around to the easy side of the boulder and Adam Helman has a great picture of how to do that on one of his trip reports.

This list also ignores grizzly country counties which would be a whole new map of counties that I would prefer to not try alone.
This list also ignores counties that I dread doing due to the difficulty of the approach road to the trailhead. (this would be a very long list)

I also haven't looked into every single mountain in the west. There are probably three more I could add to round out a 20, but this is it for the moment. I have always thought Montana, Washington and Wyoming were the three hardest states to complete for me. My life goal map might have the lower 48 and Hawaii painted purple, but I don't realistically believe I'll ever complete Washington and Montana. If I completed the trio of Gannet, The Grand and Washakie Needles that would be a miracle in itself.

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On Sun, 7/24/16, Jobe Wymore lunasoars@aol.com [cohp] <cohp@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: [cohp] Apex 5000' CoHPs (& under).
To: cohp@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, July 24, 2016, 11:11 PM


 









Today was a marvelous day having had the
opportunity to put Grays Harbor CoHP in the rear view
mirror. This CoHP is steep(!), treacherous(!), a route
finding complexity topped off with a sigh of amazement and
relief once the journey is over with. I was joined by Andrew
Hladecek, for this tasty morsel, one that I have no desire
whatsoever to feast on again.



During the drive home I got to thinking about other epic
5000' threshold CoHPs out there that once done nobody
ever wants to repeat if he/she values ones own life. I guess
you could group the peaks, 20 or so, into a Sub-5000'
Apex list which would obviously be more diversified
regionally that the current Apex list. Any recommendations
out there? Is there even 20 of them in existence?



Jobe Wymore





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