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Rockhouse Canyon / Dawns Peak

dsefcik

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3/5/2013

dsefcik

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Went back up to Dawns Peak to stash some supplies for a bigger trip during Spring Break. This time I went with another friend who started the idea of the bigger route. We hiked in at night from Hidden Springs for about 5 miles and camped out. This was also the maiden voyage of my new 7oz Canon PowerShot S100 which will attempt to replace my Sony DSLR. I can say from this trip so far that it is definitly not my DSLR, it is definitly not my 10mm ultra wide angle lens and it is definitly not 7lbs!

We saw this toad near the spring

This time I headed up the correct ridge (only like 3000' up)

This is the one I came down a couple weeks ago...bad move

Some of the local flora starting to try and bloom

Great colors on this cactus

There was some snow still left on the east facing ridges on the peak, it made made a great plain snow cone treat

Lots of critter tracks in the snow also

The large cairn at the top of Dawns Peak

The road into Rockhouse Canyon is still a bit rough with a couple of really tight spots. Most vehicles with good clearance and 4WD can make it to the end. My large truck though took a heavy hit on this trip when I miscalculated one tight spot with a couple of large boulders on each side

Total Mylar Balloons - 1

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