Talk about parallel thinking. Steve, John mentioned to me that you might be going down there, but I didn't know if I would have the weekend clear till after work friday. Would have been great to run into you guys...the well traveled Kalet/Knapp, Decker/Stratmoen summit teams. Always amazing to bump into folks climbing these obscure summits, had several near misses though the years, and even some meet ups, see
here.Fremont Co was dry, and made for a great couple days out. Warm in the afternoon too, t-shirt weather on Sunday. Dry all this week so should be a good weekend ahead if you decide to go for it, Paul. Hadn't been in that area in probably 5 years at least, nice to get back.
I saw no hunters on Waugh, Dead, Stoney Face or Loco. For Jack Hall, there is a cabin at the end of the access road, and the whoever is staying there likes to shoot. A lot. Had my orange on, and stayed on BLM land the whole time, but as I returned to the truck and the property line, the shots seemed to increase. Not sure if I was seen. I just got the hell out.
Last maybe quarter mile on the Dead BM road is bumpy, but no problem for a jeep. Never driven a Subaru, so not sure if that would go. I did not drive the road to the end. Hiked up the false summit to the W first, which has a fenced-in weather station. Its shown as being only a few feet lower than the BM but looked considerably lower from both vantagpoints.
Lots of little summits to the S towards US 50 to check out as well. Of all those I picked 9393, a steep, loose, scrubby mess up the S side. Pretty awful way to close out the day.
Steve -That Rabbit ears trip was with a warm weather camping only partner, so we stayed at Kremmling. Very cold that night. Next day we went back up to the pass. Hiked Little Haystack and Dennis Hump. Was going to wait for those Muddy Pass peaks till spring, since running into hunters on private land in the fall can be risky business, but you guys made it OK.
Last weekend I headed up the the Waugh saddle late afternoon Saturday, you were probably on Loco at the time.