Jun 9, 2015
Time challenged here this week, so just sharing some eye candy in my wanna be photo journalist style.
Quick notes:
* We took the standard route up to Yak, well marked and a couple water sources part way up
* If doing the traverse later in the summer - bring lots of water - no sources along ridge once snow vanishes
* Bugs only when you stop - we had a nice breeze to keep them at bay most of the day
* Snowfields still exist along the ridge crests between peaks and the horizontally below and 3/4 the way up the south face of Yak
* Nak to Thar - a couple 'steps' of scrambling ...class 2/3.
* No obvious/marked trail found to get up to Thar peak - illustrated our route on one of the photos
* We found a blue / orange flagged trail down from Thar peak to the power line road (see photo of cairn at trail start beside the road if coming from the other direction)
* Moving time 8h 30m in a group of 6 moving at slightly faster than moderate pace with lots of breaks for photos, food, water
* Creek crosses power line road about 5 minutes from exiting the bush.
* We parked at the pullout between Falls Lake exit and Zupjok Rest area to save distance
* There is a food truck at the Zupjok Rest area :)
I have to say I really enjoyed this trip... payoffs start right away once you clear the lower forest... mixed terrain, super photogenic area.... I would do this one again and reverse our path which would make the scrambling easier (ascending) just for s&*%'s and giggles.
Aside: I personally would probably not do the scrambling if the rocks were wet, and instead drop down the south scree fields and contour around Nak to the meadows below Thar.
Enjoy the photos... and check out the full gallery on Flickr. My Flickr Albums
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Regards,
Rex
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