Beaut-tree.net Peak Bagging Resume

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