Glass Mountain Summit
11,160', 3,402m
12.07.11
We don't need to be on the Humboldt-Toiyabe to get things done.
What two Backcountry HT Ladies decided to do instead of ski the groomers.
There was some snow on the "official" cross country route, so we planned our own route which eventually met up with the cross country route. We found it once we were almost to the summit.
All in all, it is one of the distinct peaks in the Glass Mountain Range that can be seen when in the Long Valley Caldera, and if looking Southeast from Mammoth. The route we took was mainly soft pumice, and soft-silty soil mixed with pine needles. As we got higher, the pumice got a bit bigger in size. It was a great calf-building exercise. I recommend trekking poles and microspikes. It got to be snowy and frozen granular at the summit. What a fun day!
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| Heidi taking photos |
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| Register and view toward Boundary and Montgomery Peaks (East) |
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| The Minerets and the whole Sierra Range up to Tioga Pass in distance looking North from the summit |
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| I need to be patient and practice photo stitching once I get my own program. |
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| Looking into the caldera/Benton Crossing Road/Hotsprings area and beyond to the McGee/Convict/Laurel Canyon areas |
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| View South toward the White Mountains (furthest range) |
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| View East toward Boundary Peak (NV's highest peak- but it's sister in CA, Montgomery Peak is a hair taller) |
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| Heading home sunset and Boundary Peak. |
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