The sun rose much earlier than I wanted to get up. :) My tent was covered in a thin layer of frost in the morning. Despite being between Grizzly Peak and Brown Bear Pass there was no sign of bears overnight.
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07/04/2004 06:30 AM
Hadn't really planned on doing any peakbagging, but Grizzly Peak was only a short distance away and looked more appealing than packing up my gear.
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The bottom of Grizzly was firm soil and easily scaled. I angled around to the west as I started encountering the volcanic spires.
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Almost to the summit about 50 minutes later. Sun rising to the east as I climbed. The rock at the top was crumbly, but there was a clean class 2 chute on the west face.
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Emigrant Lake in the distance. Grizzly Meadow/Lake on the right. Horse Meadow trail running through the shadow of Grizzly Peak on the bottom.
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Emigrant Pass and the view to the north from the Grizzly Peak summit.
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Grizzly Meadow and my tent far below. The marshy trail in heading off towards Emigrant Meadow would be my route after packing up.
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The mosquitos came out around 7:30am when I was on the Grizzly Peak summit and were simply unbearable by the time I made it back to the meadow. Not a happy camper at this point :) (Click on the pic for the full sized shot, the skeeters are a bit hard to see in the smaller version)
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After packing, I headed north across the marshy expanse of Grizzly Meadow. Mosquito cloud following.
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