famartin Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 The highest point on I-80 between the Wasatch Mountains of Utah and the Sierra Nevada of California is in the Pequop Mountains of northeastern Nevada, about an hour east of Elko. Its pretty scenic (for Nevada) so I thought I'd do some hiking up around where the Interstate crosses the mountains. http://www.njfreeway...averick_Canyon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Nice pics. By the way, I'd gladly offer that area some of the rain we are getting back this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Nice series Ray. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 Nice pics. By the way, I'd gladly offer that area some of the rain we are getting back this way The 1.15" we've had puts us a half inch on the plus side of normal for the month to date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 which mountain is the big snowcapped one to the east? is that just the wasatch range far off in the distance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 which mountain is the big snowcapped one to the east? is that just the wasatch range far off in the distance? Pilot Peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 which mountain is the big snowcapped one to the east? is that just the wasatch range far off in the distance? Pilot Peak. Oddly enough Pilot Peak is one of the most prominent mountains in the US. http://en.wikipedia....t_Peak_(Nevada) The Wasatch Range is still too far away to see. If you were looking straight east, the first range you would see is the Cedar Range followed by the Stansbury Mtns. Great pics Ray. Always wondered what that whole area looks like since I used to forecast it. Pequop Peak was of course the main challenge most of the time along I80 since it tops out so high. Thankfully most systems dry out by the time they make it that far E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 Oddly enough Pilot Peak is one of the most prominent mountains in the US. http://en.wikipedia....t_Peak_(Nevada) It stands out so much that I'm tempted to try to climb it, but not from the base... I'd have to find a road that went partly up the slopes, preferably to at least 7,000 feet. Last time I tried to climb up more than 4,000 vertical feet in one day and come back down, I barely made it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 thanks alot...now i've been wikipedia stream of consciousness reading about mormons for the last 45 min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 It stands out so much that I'm tempted to try to climb it, but not from the base... I'd have to find a road that went partly up the slopes, preferably to at least 7,000 feet. Last time I tried to climb up more than 4,000 vertical feet in one day and come back down, I barely made it Read this guys blog. Just amazing. When I was in Utah I found this blog--and I love it. The guy just tours UT/NV and climbs, hikes, and camps in beautiful wilderness. Just amazing stuff--and his pictures are equally amazing. Here he does a quick blog post about his trip up Pilot Peak. http://cedarandsand....sert-climb.html Haha--I don't know if you want to try that--looks like a nightmare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Read this guys blog. Just amazing. When I was in Utah I found this blog--and I love it. The guy just tours UT/NV and climbs, hikes, and camps in beautiful wilderness. Just amazing stuff--and his pictures are equally amazing. Here he does a quick blog post about his trip up Pilot Peak. http://cedarandsand....sert-climb.html Haha--I don't know if you want to try that--looks like a nightmare: Yeah it sure does. Still tempting, but I might try some slightly more manageable peaks first... the Matterhorn in far northern Nevada is a more likely mountain for me to attempt in the next 6 months. *Only* about 4,000 feet of elevation gain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Sunday I finally was able to hike the biggest peak along the rim of Maverick Canyon. http://www.njfreeways.com/personal/Pequop_Mountains/02-South_side_of_Maverick_Canyon/02-Southwest_side_of_the_canyon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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