Mt Charleston Loop

Brrrr....

My friend John and I hiked up to the top of Mt Charleston last Thursday which just happened to be the coldest day of the season so far. We left the parking area at the bottom of Trail Canyon at 0700 and it was a brisk 12 degrees at the Trail Canyon/ North Loop Trail Junction. When we reached the top it had warmed up to a balmy 20 degress with a stiff wind blowing from the north...I loved it real high mountain weather. We were feeling good at the top and decided to do the whole loop and headed down the South Loop Trail rather than retrace our steps. Around 17:30 we made it back to the car, burned out, but feeling good about what we had accomplished...Good Stuff

Between a Toe and a Tummy

We hiked up to the ridge between the Mummy's Toe and the Mummy's Tummy.
For those of you who haven't had the pleasure to hike in the Mt. Charleston Wilderness, Mummy Mountain looks a mummy laying down with his hands on his chest...well it does...no really. It is just that you have to see it from Lee Canyon. I'll be up there one of these days and get some shots for you. Anyway, back to this post, we hiked to Mummy spring then we followed a trail that led slowly up the ridge then eventully the trail just went straight up ..real steep stuff. The trail ended at the ridge with a great view of Mt Charleston, but the sky was really washed out, so no pics. If you look at the last pic you will see a notch on the ridge that where we were...caught between a toe and a tummy on the Mummy.