YukonMontanaTannerTrapper
Explorer
Ace / tgil.....people love to place things on mountain summits. Personally I like stone cairns and they're especially beautiful in places like Tibet & Nepal where they add the prayer flags that flutter in the winds.....
ghostdancer.....I really connected with his use of "the Whisper". I often consider my lifelong desire to wander a curse but I've often thought that word to have such a negative connotation that I always hated to use it. But "the Whisper" fits the bill perfectly. He's a genius. And yea, I agree with you 100 %.....
Sierra Valley.....my guess is that you are onto something. I saw 4 of these fenced in enclosures during my stay in that area. I wonder if it could have anything to do with the Boreal toads ? I saw this sign at a forest service enclave which was nearby.....
![20200510_085305_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200510_085305_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489266-830e65337461a33988fe8c2558574773.jpg)
May 10, 2020
Monument Peak 11,047'
Miles Hiked: 17.77 Total Elevation Gain: 4,140'
Our second campsite in Fishlake National Forest was nestled in a large group of cottonwoods.....
![20200509_161056_copy_1600x400.jpg 20200509_161056_copy_1600x400.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489267-bb4ad95aedb9212772567a262194534d.jpg)
At just over 9,000' I do not think it could have been any more pleasing.....
![20200509_160529_copy_1600x336.jpg 20200509_160529_copy_1600x336.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489268-e176b9742a71694f4c8c703683009ab0.jpg)
We woke up to an amazing early morning sky and we were anxious to get out and explore another Utah mountain.....
![20200510_061028_copy_1600x339.jpg 20200510_061028_copy_1600x339.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489269-0d7a3986b8dd429cfca24fc7ca66ac40.jpg)
We hiked from our campsite taking the same forest service road as the day before. When we came to the Y in the road once again we had a choice to make. Google Maps said go left and hike the mountain from the west. My climbing website said go east and climb the mountain from the northeast.....
![20200510_084507_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200510_084507_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489270-c796bed644018d85a59404b5cb056e2e.jpg)
We chose west as this was by far the shortest route.....we passed by a Forest Service enclave with an old log cabin.....the white metal Home Depot door sure sucked.....
![20200510_085441_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200510_085441_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489271-0c522d5b4a482291d64ef006f29f7d7c.jpg)
After two and one half miles we encountered a locked gate across the road as well as the "No Trespassing" sign.....
![20200510_090534_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200510_090534_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489272-a8e70786d6fb7a596997e6d827bc46b9.jpg)
Initially this made me a bit angry.....how is it that people can block access to our Federal lands ? We walked back to our campsite and as I mulled this over I began to understand the landowners actions. Would I want ATVs speeding through my property ? Would I want people throwing their trash on my property ? I think not.....this is the world we live in today.....
![20200509_190107_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200509_190107_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489274-b4910a874b4ded25ff6be05c69534c17.jpg)
We had no other option now.....we hadn't used the Jeep in nearly three months as it's just not been reliable. That would change as now we would drive to the east side of the mountain.....eleven miles to the "trailhead".....and try our ascent from there.....
![20200510_104025_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200510_104025_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489275-352368d6c29f8b21cc52451dcb291cd5.jpg)
It was one hell of a beautiful day.....
![20200509_185716_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200509_185716_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489276-f5ede376538a13b3031aef7217bcc80c.jpg)
ghostdancer.....I really connected with his use of "the Whisper". I often consider my lifelong desire to wander a curse but I've often thought that word to have such a negative connotation that I always hated to use it. But "the Whisper" fits the bill perfectly. He's a genius. And yea, I agree with you 100 %.....
Sierra Valley.....my guess is that you are onto something. I saw 4 of these fenced in enclosures during my stay in that area. I wonder if it could have anything to do with the Boreal toads ? I saw this sign at a forest service enclave which was nearby.....
![20200510_085305_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200510_085305_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489266-830e65337461a33988fe8c2558574773.jpg)
May 10, 2020
Monument Peak 11,047'
Miles Hiked: 17.77 Total Elevation Gain: 4,140'
Our second campsite in Fishlake National Forest was nestled in a large group of cottonwoods.....
![20200509_161056_copy_1600x400.jpg 20200509_161056_copy_1600x400.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489267-bb4ad95aedb9212772567a262194534d.jpg)
At just over 9,000' I do not think it could have been any more pleasing.....
![20200509_160529_copy_1600x336.jpg 20200509_160529_copy_1600x336.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489268-e176b9742a71694f4c8c703683009ab0.jpg)
We woke up to an amazing early morning sky and we were anxious to get out and explore another Utah mountain.....
![20200510_061028_copy_1600x339.jpg 20200510_061028_copy_1600x339.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489269-0d7a3986b8dd429cfca24fc7ca66ac40.jpg)
We hiked from our campsite taking the same forest service road as the day before. When we came to the Y in the road once again we had a choice to make. Google Maps said go left and hike the mountain from the west. My climbing website said go east and climb the mountain from the northeast.....
![20200510_084507_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200510_084507_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489270-c796bed644018d85a59404b5cb056e2e.jpg)
We chose west as this was by far the shortest route.....we passed by a Forest Service enclave with an old log cabin.....the white metal Home Depot door sure sucked.....
![20200510_085441_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200510_085441_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489271-0c522d5b4a482291d64ef006f29f7d7c.jpg)
After two and one half miles we encountered a locked gate across the road as well as the "No Trespassing" sign.....
![20200510_090534_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200510_090534_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489272-a8e70786d6fb7a596997e6d827bc46b9.jpg)
Initially this made me a bit angry.....how is it that people can block access to our Federal lands ? We walked back to our campsite and as I mulled this over I began to understand the landowners actions. Would I want ATVs speeding through my property ? Would I want people throwing their trash on my property ? I think not.....this is the world we live in today.....
![20200509_190107_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200509_190107_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489274-b4910a874b4ded25ff6be05c69534c17.jpg)
We had no other option now.....we hadn't used the Jeep in nearly three months as it's just not been reliable. That would change as now we would drive to the east side of the mountain.....eleven miles to the "trailhead".....and try our ascent from there.....
![20200510_104025_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200510_104025_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489275-352368d6c29f8b21cc52451dcb291cd5.jpg)
It was one hell of a beautiful day.....
![20200509_185716_copy_1600x778.jpg 20200509_185716_copy_1600x778.jpg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/489/489276-f5ede376538a13b3031aef7217bcc80c.jpg)
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