All summer long I have stared out at the magnificence that is Gothic Mountain. No, batman does not have a hideaway here. That would be GothAM, dear tourist you! Finally, I got to climb up to it's peak. Unfortunately there's not much of a trail head available so we began at a mountain biking trail known as the 403. By we I mean; Adam, Nick, Millie, neighbor's dog Owen, plus myself.
<<What you can't see are my legs awkwardly holding me up on tippy toes>>
<<The boys and Millie>>
Of course there was a false peak.
After spending about 15 minutes on the actual peak a huge cloud had rolled in amazingly fast and began to hail. Poor Millie had hail balls stuck all in her fur. Trying to hike along the razor-sharp ridge to get down we could hear the wind howling over into the canyon on the other side.
In order to avoid staying up near the peak in case there was lightening, we very smartly *sarcasm* decided to cruise down the loose rocks on the side. Sliding, having heavy rocks landing on our feet, sliding, trying to stand. Not the most efficient descent I've been a part of but oh well.
We ended up hiking into a deep v-shaped valley (To Neil: what is the difference between a V-shaped valley and a U-shaped valley?), crossing through a swamp, straight up the other side of the ravine, across the spine of a smaller ridge, until we were once again joyfully reunited with our biking trail, the 403, and a nice, easy walk back to the car was achieved. Both dogs were exhausted, all three hikers were exhausted, no way of knowing the mileage, no way to know the gain in elevation.
Gothic Peak: 12, 625 feet
Done.
*Tumbling Talus and Windy Malice*
Kmegan
V- mountain formation by tectonics
ReplyDeleteU- valley formation by glacial carving
...just a guess.
I hope you are super happy out there :) I miss you lots and lots!
Neil had that as a quiz question in Earth Science and answered, "the shape". But thank you for your technical and correct answer to my facetious question haha
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