Beaut-tree.net Peak Bagging Resume

Mount Dana

Mount Dana

Tioga Peak Summit

Tioga Peak

Gaylor Peak

Gaylor Peak

Mount Hoffman

Mount Hoffman

Sheep on Relay Peak

Relay Peak

Windy Mountain

Windy Mountain

View from the Deer Mountain

Deer Mountain

Clouds Rest

Clouds Rest

Mt Tallac

Mt Tallac

Dardanelles Cone

Dardanelles Cone

The Half Dome Picture everyone takes

Half Dome

Sierra Butte

Sierra Butte

Edge of Mt Watkins

Mt Watkins

Bartlett Peak, Yosemite

Bartlett Peak

Panorama from my lunch spot on Smith Peak

Smith Peak (yosemite)

Devil's Dance Hall, Yosemite

Devils Dance Floor

Pilot Peak Lookout, Mountain Biking Groveland Stanislaus

Pilot Peak

Novara Madrona 27.5 on Sawmill Mountain

Sawmill Mt

Almost to the top!

Williams Peak

Red Hill, Sonoma Coast SP, CA

Red Hill

 

Peak Bagging Resume inspired by the blog Hiking Angeles Forest.
Last updated July 2015

 

Mount Dana

Elevation 13061 ft – Yosemite National Park, CA
6.25 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 3200 ft
•  Tallest peak hiked to date
•  Sweet views of Yosemite Meadow Fire
•  Multiple Pika sightings en route
•  First Summit: September 7, 2014 with Curtis

Tioga Peak

Elevation 11526 ft – Inyo National Forest, CA
4 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 1800 ft
• Heard Pikas, but none visually confirmed
• First Summit: June 7, 2015 with Curtis

Gaylor Peak

Elevation 11004 ft – Yosemite National Park / Inyo National Forest CA
2.2 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 1100 ft
•  Hiked twice – or three times. I honestly don’t remember.
•  One pika sighting
•  First Summit in 2010 or 2011? – The most memorable was when Tioga was still open December 2011 with Kris & Curtis

Mount Hoffman

Elevation 10856 ft – Yosemite National Park, CA
6 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 2100 ft
•  Hiked twice so far, once in summer and once in fall
•  First Summit: Fall 2012 with Curtis, Pete, Tom and Johanna

Relay Peak

Elevation 10335 ft – Mount Rose Wilderness, Tahoe CA
•  Hiked on Day 9 of Tahoe Rim Trail Thru Hike (so according to the TRT association: 165 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 24,400 ft)
•  First Summit: July 3, 2014 with Trails & Aspen

Windy Mountain

Elevation 10262 ft – Shoshone National Forest , WY
14 miles round Trip, Gain/Loss 3600 ft (?)
•  This was my first ever backpacking trip! Summit on day 2.
•  Approached from Reef Creek Trailhead
•  First Summit August 2009 with Curtis

Deer Mountain

Elevation 10013 ft – Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
6 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 1083 ft
•  First Colorado Peak
•  First summit: August 27, 2014 with Kate, Kris, Dan, Jacquie, and Curtis

Clouds Rest

Elevation 9931 ft – Yosemite National Park, CA
14.5 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 1775 feet
•  Departed to hike this one early to beat the afternoon thunderstorms
•  First Summit August 11, 2012 with large group of friends

Mount Tallac

Elevation 9738 ft – Desolation Wilderness, Tahoe CA
11 miles round trip (3 miles backpacking to Cathedral Lake), Gain/Loss 3250 ft
•  Pika sighting on the hike up
•  Summit the day after backpacking to Cathedral Lake
•  First Summit: July 11, 2013

Dardanelles Cone

Elevation 9527 ft – Carson-Iceberg Wilderness / Stanislaus National Forest, CA
•  I definitely could not have done this one in 2011 without our friends showing us the route up
•  First Summit August 2011 – for Christine’s Birthday Bash

Half Dome

Elevation 8839 ft – Yosemite National Park CA
14 miles Round trip (4 miles to LYV backpacking day 1), Gain/Loss 4800 ft
•  Backpacked to Little Yosemite Valley the day prior summiting
•  First Summit September 20, 2011 with Curtis and Jessica

Sierra Butte

Elevation 8591 ft – Tahoe National Forest, CA
5 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 2078 ft
•  Geocaching trip to the summit
•  First Summit September 5, 2011

Mt Watkins

Elevation 8500 ft – Yosemite National Park, CA
9 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 1500 ft
•  Approached from Olmsted Point
•  First Summit August 26, 2012 with Pete and Christine

Bartlett Peak

Elevation 8295 ft – Yosemite & Stanislaus NF, CA
34.5 miles round trip (15 miles backpacking to Boundary Lake)
• Stormy looking day, but not struck by lightning on this less popular backcountry peak
• Summit the 2nd day after backpacking to Boundary Lake
• First Summit: May 24, 2015

Smith Peak

Elevation 7751 ft – Yosemite National Park, CA
14 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 3700 ft
•  Day hike in Rim Fire Area – had to make up my own route in the final climb
•  Hetch Hetchy Bear spotting on hike up the trail
•  First Summit: May 16, 2014

Devils Dance Floor

Elevation 6834 ft – Yosemite, CA
8 miles round trip
• Took route from Old Big Oak Flat Trailhead (not campground)
• Figured out what is so devilish about the place (actually its the deerbrush)
• First Summit: February 1, 2015 with Curtis

Pilot Peak

Elevation 6004 ft – Stanislaus National Forest, CA
7 miles round trip
• Mountain bike ride to summit
• First Summit: May 10, 2015 with Curtis

Sawmill Mountain

Elevation 5262 ft – Stanislaus National Forest, CA
5 miles round trip
• Mountain bike ride to summit, one of 1st rides on my birthday mnt bike!
• First Summit: April 26, 2015 with Curtis

Smith Peak

Elevation 3877 ft – Stanislaus National Forest, CA
4 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 900 ft
•  3 visits? Or more? This might be the only peak I have jogged to the top of
•  First Summit – April 2011 ?

Williams Peak

Elevation 3207 ft – Mariposa, CA
2.8 miles round trip, Gain/Loss 700 ft
•  Winter hike to an abandoned fire lookout
•  First Summit: January 12, 2014 with Curtis

Red Hill

Elevation 1062 ft – Sonoma Coast State Park, CA
3 miles round trip
• Biked to Pomo Canyon Trailhead (1.5 mi from car), walked to summit
• First Summit: January 19, 2015 with Curtis