Ascent of Camiaca Peak on 2011-08-16| Others in Party: | my wife April
----Only Party on Mountain | | Date: | Tuesday, August 16, 2011 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Motorized Transport to Trailhead: | Car | | Peak: | Camiaca Peak | | Location: | USA-California | | Elevation: | 11739 ft / 3578 m |
Ascent Trip ReportSo what do I do on my honeymoon -- get my wife up and out the door of our motel at 9 am to do a "nice" climb for the day. Unfortunately, I didn't see the significant drop in elevation when scanning the topo maps, so this turned into a very strenuous hike, taking 14 hours. We reached the summit of Camiaca after a long climb up a broken ridge from Summit Lake. Coming down from Camiaca further to the left, we moved a lot of scree and crossed couple of snow fields in gullies. My wife lost her footing on one and slid down, luckily slowly since the snow was relatively soft, to the rocks below. While coming down off the 11,111 pass in the dark, we lost the trail above Frog Lakes and, after convincing my wife not to bivouac (the mosquitos seemed to be swarming), we wandered around with flashlights on until I found it again. This is the reason I purchased a GPS (for future hikes). |
following the trail down along the stream feeding Summit Lake with Camiaca Peak in the distance; our route faces us (2011-08-16). Photo by John Sarna.
Click here for larger-size photo. | | Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 4139 ft / 1261 m | | Total Elevation Loss: | 4139 ft / 1261 m | | Round-Trip Distance: | 12 mi / 19.3 km | | Grade/Class: | 3 | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Scramble, Exposed Scramble | | Ascent Statistics | | Gain on way in: | 3039 ft / 926 m | | Gain Breakdown: | Net: 1939 ft / 591 m; Extra: 1100 ft / 335m | | Loss on way in: | 1100 ft / 335 m | | Distance: | 6 mi / 9.7 km | | Route: | trail to Summit Lake and up | | Start Trailhead: | Virginia Lakes Campground/trailhead 9800 ft / 2987 m | | Time: | 8 Hours | | Descent Statistics | | Loss on way out: | 3039 ft / 926 m | | Loss Breakdown: | Net: 1939 ft / 591 m; Extra: 1100 ft / 335m | | Gain on way out: | 1100 ft / 335 m | | Distance: | 6 mi / 9.7 km | | End Trailhead: | 9800 ft / 2987 m | | Time: | 6 Hours |
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