Basin Mountain (13,240') and Mt Tom (13,652') from Horton Lake (09.01-04.2012)
September 1-4, 2012: Basecamp at Horton Lake with dayhikes of Basin Mountain via the North Slope class 2 route and Mt Tom via the chutes and ribs from the Tungstar Mine.
Basin Mountain Trip Report
Basin Mountain GPS Track
Mt Tom Trip Report
Mt Tom GPS Track
Read MoreThis was one of our visual landmarks through the climb. Kept it on our left on the way up and on our right on the way down. This was the last (third) chute we entered. The track went like this: chute from the mine, cross a rib, cross another chute, cross another rib, and then end up in the chute with this rock on the left.
Pine Creek. Bear Creek spire in the center with Mt Julius Caesar to its left.
We had one problem as we climbed - we weren't sure which pile of rocks was the actual summit. We followed a use trail to this nice break spot on the ridge and realized we were really close - only about 200 ft below the summit. So we left our packs and scrambled up to the piles to try and find the real summit.