{"id":12445,"date":"2018-03-05T08:10:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=12445"},"modified":"2018-10-13T15:31:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T21:31:39","slug":"mount-powell-montana-with-mountaineer-jobe-wymore-7-20-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=12445","title":{"rendered":"Mount Powell, Montana with Mountaineer Jobe Wymore (7-20-17)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Days 10 – 13 of Lupe’s 2017 Dingo Vacation to the Wind River Range, Wyoming & Select Peaks in Montana<\/em><\/p>\n

Day 10, 7-17-17\u00a0 <\/em>For the first time on this Dingo Vacation, the night sky was clear.\u00a0 Lupe wanted out.\u00a0 She sniffed around invisibly in darkness.\u00a0 Overhead, the Milky Way gleamed in the heavens amidst diamond bright constellations.\u00a0 The Carolina Dog was still tired, though.\u00a0 She quickly returned to resume her snooze.<\/p>\n

Morning arrived.\u00a0 Time to leave the magnificent Wind River range.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP went down to lower Green River Lake.\u00a0 The American Dingo gazed once more upon Squaretop Mountain<\/span><\/a> (11,695 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, the massive NW sentinel of the Winds, looming silently beyond the clear, still lake.<\/p>\n

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Squaretop Mountain<\/strong> (R of Center), massive sentinel of the NW Wind River Range, beckons beyond lower Green River Lake. Lupe’s 3 day journey to climb Squaretop had been a failure, though a terrific adventure. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe’s attempt to climb Squaretop had ended in failure, though she did look down on its summit from New Benchmark<\/span><\/a> (11,850 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, the high point of her 3 day journey.\u00a0 Though ultimately unsuccessful, the effort to reach Squaretop from Porcupine Pass had been a beautiful and challenging adventure.<\/p>\n

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White Rock<\/span><\/a> (11,284 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> (L) and Squaretop Mountain<\/strong> (R) beyond lower Green River Lake with help from the telephoto lens. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today would be the first of several travel and rest days.\u00a0 After stopping in Pinedale for supplies, Lupe and SPHP headed NW on Hwy 191 past Bondurant and Hoback Junction.\u00a0 The S approach to Jackson was teeming with tourists and activity.\u00a0 The mob scene at the heart of it all was avoided by turning W on Hwy 22, which took Lupe over Teton Pass (8,429 ft.).<\/p>\n

Lupe crossed the border into Idaho for the first time in nearly 5 years.\u00a0 W of the Teton Range, Lupe and SPHP were in unfamiliar territory.\u00a0 Dark clouds hung over the Tetons.\u00a0 N of Driggs, Lupe experienced 20 miles of cloudburst, as SPHP drove N on Hwy 33.\u00a0 Beyond the thunderstorm, it was sunny again.<\/p>\n

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Lupe in Idaho for the first time in nearly 5 years taking a short break from the G6 W of the Tetons. This was unfamiliar territory. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SPHP drove all day.\u00a0 Lupe saw beautiful scenery she’d never seen before.\u00a0 She barked at cows and horses.\u00a0 She lapped up chocolate milk.\u00a0 After several hours in Idaho, she left it again crossing into Montana on Hwy 87.\u00a0 By day’s end, Lupe was a mile S of Silver Star at a pullout along Hwy 41 overlooking the Jefferson River.<\/p>\n

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Looking NE from a high point along Hwy 287 W of Ennis, MT.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking S up the Jefferson River near day’s end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Jefferson River S of Silver Star, Montana. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 11, 7-18-17<\/em>\u00a0 The next morning, Lupe and SPHP headed N.\u00a0 Approaching Deer Lodge on I-90, Mount Powell<\/span><\/a> (10,168 ft.) <\/span><\/strong>came into view a dozen miles to the W.\u00a0 SPHP left I-90 at Exit 195 and drove all the way to the trailhead to see if the G6 could get there.\u00a0 The roads weren’t bad, although the final stretch on USFS Road No. 670 was so narrow it was a good thing no vehicles were coming the other way.\u00a0 Lupe spent most of the afternoon at the trailhead, happily relaxing in the shade watching squirrels and chipmunks.<\/p>\n

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On the way to the Mount Powell<\/strong> (L) trailhead. Although the sky was clear, the air was a bit hazy with smoke from distant forest fires. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mount Powell<\/strong> (L) seen through the smoke haze with help from the telephoto lens. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mount Powell was Lupe’s next peakbagging objective, but no attempt on the mountain was going to be made today.\u00a0 Late in the afternoon, Lupe and SPHP went down to Deer Lodge where Lupe enjoyed a McDonald’s ice cream cone.\u00a0 Lupe’s evening was spent watching boats, sea gulls, geese, and little fish jumping at Georgetown Lake W of Anaconda.<\/p>\n

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Sunset at Georgetown Lake W of Anaconda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Geese on Georgetown Lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 12, 7-19-17<\/em>\u00a0 Three miles E of Georgetown Lake, SPHP noticed a sign for Storm Lake on the S side of Hwy 1.\u00a0 Lupe had time, why not check it out?\u00a0 The G6 made it nearly 8 of the 9 miles to Storm Lake on USFS Road No. 675.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP continued on paw and foot.\u00a0 Clearings in the forest near the road were full of colorful wildflowers.<\/p>\n

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Lupe among the wildflowers on the last mile to Storm Lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several groups of people were fishing at Storm Lake when Lupe arrived.\u00a0 Across the lake Looper could see Little Rainbow Mountain<\/span><\/a> (9,989 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, which didn’t look like it would be too hard a climb.\u00a0 A trail led across a dam at the N end of the lake.\u00a0 At the W end of the dam, Storm Lake Creek exited the lake.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP crossed the creek, and followed the trail S along the W side of Storm Lake.<\/p>\n

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Loop along the NW shore of Storm Lake. Mount Howe<\/span><\/a> (10,472 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> (L) and Little Rainbow Mountain<\/span><\/a> (9,989 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> (R) are in view. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a long week in the Wind River range, SPHP wasn’t too ambitious.\u00a0 Instead of climbing Little Rainbow Mountain with the American Dingo, SPHP opted for a swim in the lake.\u00a0 Lupe was content to go wading, too.<\/p>\n

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Lupe wading near the S end of Storm Lake. Photo looks E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trail continued SE beyond the S end of Storm Lake.\u00a0 Several hikers came along about this time.\u00a0 One of them showed SPHP a map indicating that the trail would wind its way S for a mile or so to Storm Lake Pass.\u00a0 Mount Tiny<\/span><\/a> (9,848 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> was supposed to be an easy climb from there.\u00a0 Still feeling lazy, Lupe and SPHP skipped Mount Tiny.\u00a0 Lupe left the trail to circumnavigate Storm Lake instead.<\/p>\n

After returning to the G6, Lupe and SPHP spent part of the afternoon at a park along Warm Springs Creek in Anaconda.\u00a0 By evening, Loop was back at the Mount Powell trailhead.<\/p>\n

Day 13, 7-20-17<\/em>\u00a0 After a day of travel and two days spent lazing around, the Carolina Dog woke up at 5:20 AM.\u00a0 SPHP joined her outside the G6.\u00a0 Today was the big day!\u00a0 Lupe was going to climb Mount Powell!\u00a0 SPHP had everything ready in short order, but then did nothing.\u00a0 Lupe was puzzled.\u00a0 What was the holdup?\u00a0 She was anxious to get going.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, those big soft Dingo ears heard a noise.\u00a0 Something was coming!\u00a0 A yet unseen vehicle was approaching the trailhead.\u00a0 A minute later, a silver Jeep Wrangler Rubicon appeared.\u00a0 Lupe ran over barking to greet it.\u00a0 Much to her surprise, out of the Rubicon stepped someone she knew – mountaineer Jobe Wymore<\/strong><\/span><\/a>!<\/p>\n

Lupe hadn’t seen Jobe since she’d served as his advance scout at South Dakota’s second highest mountain, Odakota Mountain<\/span><\/a> (7,200 ft.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span>, back home in the Black Hills.\u00a0 That had been more than 15 months ago.\u00a0 On 4-2-16, Lupe had actually accompanied Jobe to Odakota, and then gone on to the Wildcat Hills of Nebraska<\/strong><\/span><\/a> with him that very same day.\u00a0 In Nebraska, she’d climbed Wildcat Mountain<\/span><\/a> (5,025 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> before succumbing to the prickly terrors of cacti.\u00a0 Jobe had helped carry the tenderpaw Dingo out of danger back to the Bluffman’s house.<\/p>\n

Now Jobe was coming with Lupe to Mount Powell!\u00a0 She could hardly believe it!\u00a0 She barked, leapt, and danced wildly around Jobe.\u00a0 Of course, Jobe’s arrival was no mere coincidence – it had been prearranged.\u00a0 And actually, Jobe wasn’t really coming along with Lupe and SPHP.\u00a0 It was the other way around, Lupe and SPHP were tagging along on a mountain that Jobe needed to climb.<\/p>\n

Mount Powell<\/span><\/a> (10,168 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, the high point of Powell County in Montana, is on two massive peakbagging lists Jobe has been working on for years.\u00a0 One list with 245 peaks (the short list<\/strong><\/span><\/a>!) contains all of the US county high points in all 48 contiguous states with at least 2,000 feet of prominence.\u00a0 The other, longer list<\/strong><\/span><\/a> includes all 414 county high points of the western contiguous states (all the mountain states W of the prairie states).<\/p>\n

After greetings were exchanged, Jobe, Lupe and SPHP set out on USFS Road No. 670, which was extremely rough W of the trailhead.\u00a0 The road led steadily up the forested valley of the Dempsey Creek drainage.<\/p>\n

SPHP’s prior research of possible routes up Mount Powell had shown that most climbers stay with the road at least as far as the mountain’s S ridge beyond Bohn Lake.\u00a0 Some go all the way to a SW ridge in the vicinity of the Elliot Lakes.\u00a0 These ridges were described in various reports as brushy, steep, cliffy, and containing boulder or scree fields.<\/p>\n

However, climber Eric Higginbotham<\/strong><\/span><\/a> had explored a different route which sounded a lot easier.\u00a0 The Higginbotham route left the road much sooner.\u00a0 It passed through a huge alpine meadow (Marble Park on the map) early on, climbed in forest to High Point 8708, continued NW over a saddle, and eventually broke out of the forest on a broad ridge a mile SSE of the summit.<\/p>\n

Higginbotham’s 7-19-15 Mount Powell trip report<\/strong><\/span><\/a> included a GPS track, an excellent description of how to find the trailhead, and a rather amusing account of his experience as well.\u00a0 SPHP favored trying Higginbotham’s route.\u00a0 Jobe must have, too.\u00a0 Being technologically competent, he had already loaded Higginbotham’s GPS route into his smart phone.<\/p>\n

The first thing to watch for was an open grassy slope on the NW side of the road about 0.67 mile from the trailhead.\u00a0 The steep hillside soon came into view as Higginbotham had described it.\u00a0 Jobe and Lupe led the way up.<\/p>\n

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Jobe & Lupe, reunited after more than 15 months, on the first open grassy hillside after leaving the road. This hillside was fairly steep. Photo looks E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the top of the steep hillside, Lupe re-entered the forest.\u00a0 The ground leveled out to some degree as she continued up, heading W near the edge of the steep stuff.\u00a0 Before too long, the terrain started pushing her N.\u00a0 Loop quickly came upon the S end of Marble Park, the giant alpine meadow Higginbotham had mentioned.<\/p>\n

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Jobe & Lupe in Marble Park. Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The stroll up Marble Park was cake. The giant alpine meadow was just a nice long, steady, obstacle-free, moderate incline. Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The view ahead. Lupe & Jobe veered N (R) here gaining as much elevation as possible while still in Marble Park. Once back in the forest again, Loop & Jobe turned NW looking for High Point 8708<\/span><\/strong>, which isn’t in sight yet up on the forested ridge straight up from Lupe. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marble Park was completely free of obstacles.\u00a0 Jobe, Lupe and SPHP made rapid progress up the steady, moderately inclined slope.\u00a0 Lupe stayed in the giant meadow as long as possible.\u00a0 She didn’t re-enter the forest again until reaching Marble Park’s upper N end.\u00a0 This allowed the American Dingo to completely avoid a shallow drainage to the W.<\/p>\n

Once back in the forest, the next landmark along the way was High Point 8708, about 0.75 mile to the NW.\u00a0 The forest was mostly open, the only real obstacle being scattered deadfall timber.\u00a0 The climb initially steepened somewhat, but quickly became more gradual again.\u00a0 Now and then, Jobe checked Lupe’s position versus Eric Higginbotham’s GPS track on his phone, but very little course correction was ever required.<\/p>\n

When Lupe, Jobe and SPHP reached High Point 8708, the top of Mount Powell was in view 2 miles to the NW.<\/p>\n

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Jobe & Lupe reach High Point 8708<\/span><\/strong>. Mount Powell’s summit is now in view 2 miles to the NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A portion of Caruthers Lake<\/strong> is in view from High Point 8708<\/span><\/strong>. Photo looks W.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At High Point 8708, Lupe had already climbed 2,450 feet of the over 3,900 feet of elevation gain required to get to the summit of Mount Powell from the trailhead.\u00a0 SPHP was amazed at how easy it had all been, and how quickly the time had gone by.\u00a0 Credit for the easy route went to Eric.\u00a0 Credit for making the time go by fast went to Jobe.<\/p>\n

Lupe and SPHP really didn’t know Jobe well at all.\u00a0 The only other time Lupe had been with Jobe was on that one day over 15 months ago.\u00a0 Jobe had been friendly, considerate, and very kind.\u00a0 He’d come to Lupe’s rescue carrying her over cactus infested badlands in Nebraska.\u00a0 Jobe had also been a great conversationalist, expounding upon a variety of topics of interest to SPHP.<\/p>\n

Shortly after leaving the trailhead this morning, Jobe had launched into a discussion of one of his favorite subjects – Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.\u00a0 Of course, SPHP was familiar with some of their top 40 hits, but that was about the extent of it.\u00a0 Jobe, however, was an expert.\u00a0 He didn’t consider the Dead’s top 40 hits even remotely among their best work.<\/p>\n

Virtually the entire time it took to reach High Point 8708, Jobe had expounded upon the Grateful Dead.\u00a0 A truly dedicated (fanatical?) fan, he listens to them almost exclusively.\u00a0 Jobe knew not only all of the Dead’s songs, but how the songs had evolved and been perfected over time, at exactly which live concerts Jerry Garcia had performed the best renditions, all of the lyrics and their meanings, etc., etc.<\/p>\n

SPHP couldn’t begin to absorb it all, but did gather that of the many Grateful Dead songs Jobe liked, he considered Morning Dew<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and Terrapin Station<\/span><\/strong><\/a> among their finest work.\u00a0 Even though the subject matter was almost entirely unfamiliar to SPHP, Jobe’s enthusiastic and lively conversation had been so entertaining, it hardly seemed possible Lupe was already so close to Mount Powell.<\/p>\n

Close she was, though.\u00a0 Only a 0.75 mile long forested area, a significant portion of which was a relatively level saddle, now stood between Loop and the broad, bare S ridge leading to the final steep climb to the top of the mountain.\u00a0 As Lupe left High Point 8708, and proceeded NW across the saddle,\u00a0Jobe continued his time and distance warping commentary.\u00a0 In no time at all, almost as if she had been teleported, the Carolina Dog broke out out of the forest and stood on the bare S ridge.<\/p>\n

The lower part of the S ridge was a gentle incline, generously strewn with medium-sized flattish rocks, which were interspersed with small green plants and a few wildflowers.\u00a0 Mount Powell was directly ahead.<\/p>\n

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In the lead, Jobe strikes out across Mount Powell’s nearly flat, barren S shoulder. The summit is straight ahead. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final ascent wasn’t any steeper than the grassy hillside Lupe had gone up right after leaving the road early on.\u00a0 This slope was much rockier, but still just a walk up a hill.\u00a0 Vegetation was present most of the way.\u00a0 Lupe faced only a few short sections of nothing but scree.<\/p>\n

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Gettin’ there! Loopster & Jobe on the final ascent. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Loopster arrived at the summit of Mount Powell<\/span><\/a> (10,168 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> at 9:00 AM. Between Eric Higginbotham’s excellent route, and Jobe’s scintillating conversation (which by now had switched from the Grateful Dead to how life would be affected by coming technological changes), the whole trek up had taken only 3 hours.\u00a0 To SPHP, it seemed like the easiest 3,900+ feet of off-trail elevation gain ever.<\/p>\n

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Success! Mountaineer Jobe Wymore and Lupe relax at the summit of Mount Powell<\/strong>. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The summit area was roomy, flat and strewn with rocks.\u00a0 Lots of rocks had been piled up to make a big circular Dingo fortress with a cairn in the middle of it.\u00a0 A survey benchmark was easily found.\u00a0 Not a tree or a bush grew anywhere, so the summit provided commanding 360\u00b0 views.\u00a0 Unfortunately, smoke from forest fires farther W made the air rather hazy.\u00a0 Smoke could be seen rising from several points.<\/p>\n

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This exposed survey benchmark was easily found at the summit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dempsey Basin<\/strong> from Mount Powell<\/strong> shortly after reaching the summit. Unfortunately, the air was a little hazy due to smoke from forest fires farther W. More smoke is rising in the distance R of Center. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jobe makes adjustments to a shoe while Lupe sits nearby just outside of the circular Dingo fort. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe, Jobe & SPHP remained at the top of Mount Powell for a whole hour.\u00a0 Jobe pointed out several peaks in the distance he had been to, or at least recognized.\u00a0 As a treat, he shared chocolate brittle with Lupe and SPHP, who were both quite taken with it.\u00a0 An hour was plenty of time to gaze at the grand views in all directions.\u00a0 As a W breeze grew stronger, smoke began billowing up more noticeably from a fire to the SW.<\/p>\n

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Loop on the W wall of the Dingo Fort. The summit of lower Deer Lodge Mountain<\/span><\/a> (9,765 ft.)<\/span><\/strong><\/span> is in view on the L. Photo looks ENE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking down on Martin Lake<\/strong>. Peak 9779<\/span><\/strong> is beyond the lake on the L. Photo looks W.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking down on Dempsey Basin<\/strong>. From closest to most distant, the 4 lakes on the L are Upper Elliot Lake<\/strong>, Lower Elliot Lake<\/strong>, Caruthers Lake<\/strong> & Goat Lake<\/strong>. Mountain Ben Lake<\/strong> is farther away on the R. The small lake nearby on the R is unnamed on the map. Smoke billows up (Center) on the far horizon. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The bald “hill” on the R is Peak 9467<\/span><\/strong>. The higher peaks straight beyond it in the distance are somewhere near Storm Lake<\/strong>, where Lupe had been yesterday. Photo looks SSW with help from the telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Looking SW with considerable help from the telephoto lens at some of the highest peaks visible from Mount Powell<\/strong>. Peak 9502<\/span><\/strong> is in the foreground on the R. The high mountain in the distance beyond it is Warren Peak<\/span><\/a> (10,463 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>. The highest of all is West Goat Peak<\/span><\/a> (10,793 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> on the L.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other than the haze, conditions on Mount Powell were near perfect with a light W breeze and temperatures in the low 70’s \u00b0F.\u00a0 Nevertheless, the time to depart drew near.\u00a0 Lupe took a final look around, while Jobe used his phone to enter data on this successful ascent.<\/p>\n

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Lupe takes a final look around from Mount Powell. The highest mountain beyond her is Pikes Peak (9,359 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Loop on the SW wall of the Dingo Fort. Jobe uses his smart phone to enter data on this ascent into Peakbagger.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Loop ready to head down. Mount Powell’s bare S slope is seen below on the R. High Point 8708<\/span><\/strong> is on the forested ridge beyond Loop on the L. This had been her ascent route, and the American Dingo would be going back this way, too. Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eric Higginbotham’s route up had worked great!\u00a0 There was no reason to stray from it on the way back to the trailhead.\u00a0 Jobe helped the time go by with stories of the exploits of other mountaineers he knew, and adventures he’d had with some of them. \u00a0He discussed some of the major peakbagging goals he has been working on for many years, how he was within a few years of completing them, and what he might want to do when they were finished.<\/p>\n

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Lupe back on the broad, barren S ridge, with Deer Lodge Peak<\/strong> visible beyond her. Jobe’s on the phone checking on a friend who was late to report in from another mountain. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Almost down! Lupe back at Marble Park. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the time Lupe was back at the trailhead (12:40 PM)<\/em>, she knew about an odd medical condition affecting Jobe’s hair, and the sad passing away of his favorite cat, known simply as “H”, in January.\u00a0 Only partly in jest, Jobe had pronounced himself a 3 dimensional person due to his 3 main interests in life – peakbagging, the Grateful Dead, and craft beers.<\/p>\n

Climbing Mount Powell with Jobe had been super fun!\u00a0 The best news of all was that Loop’s time with Jobe wasn’t over yet.\u00a0 Tomorrow, Lupe would get to climb another peak with him!\u00a0 The original plan had been to go to Old Baldy South Slope<\/span><\/a> (8,640 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 However, that plan had changed.\u00a0 Sacagawea Peak<\/span><\/a> (9,650 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, with nearly 4,000 feet of prominence was up next!<\/p>\n

Once details for the next rendezvous had been settled upon, Jobe roared off in his Rubicon.\u00a0 A short while later, Lupe and SPHP headed out, too.\u00a0 When Lupe reached I-90, temperatures were in the 90’s \u00b0F.\u00a0 So much smoke was in the air now that Mount Powell was barely visible.\u00a0 SPHP stopped to buy a box of ice cream bars in Anaconda.\u00a0 A certain eager Carolina Dog provided dedicated assistance in devouring all 6 on the spot.<\/p>\n

An air-conditioned ride E to Bozeman ensued, where SPHP obtained a roasted chicken for dinner.\u00a0 Taking Hwy 86 N out of Bozeman, SPHP eventually found the road to Fairy Lake.\u00a0 The poor G6 took considerable abuse on USFS Road No. 74, making it 3\/4 of the way to Fairy Lake before SPHP had mercy and parked at a big pullout.\u00a0 By nightfall, an American Dingo stuffed full of roasted chicken was ready for Dingo dreamland.<\/p>\n

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Mountaineer and friend Jobe Wymore relaxes on Mount Powell, Montana 7-20-17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Related Links:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To the Wildcat Hills of Nebraska with Mountaineer Jobe Wymore (4-2-16)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Naya Nuki Peak & Sacagawea Peak, Montana with Mountaineer Jobe Wymore (7-21-17)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Crazy Peak, Montana – On the Verge of EPIC with Mountaineer Jobe Wymore (7-22-17)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Morning Dew, The Grateful Dead (7-19-89)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eric Higginbotham’s trip report on Mount Powell (7-19-15)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

48 States County High Points with 2,000+ feet of Prominence<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Western Contiguous USA County High Points<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Days 10 – 13 of Lupe’s 2017 Dingo Vacation to the Wind River Range, Wyoming & Select Peaks in Montana Day 10, 7-17-17\u00a0 For the first time on this Dingo Vacation, the night sky was clear.\u00a0 Lupe wanted out.\u00a0 She sniffed around invisibly in darkness.\u00a0 Overhead, the Milky Way gleamed in the heavens amidst diamond … Continue reading Mount Powell, Montana with Mountaineer Jobe Wymore (7-20-17)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[833],"tags":[8,105,106,26,837,104,417,886,11],"class_list":["post-12445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2017-wind-river-range-wyoming-select-peaks-in-montana","tag-omniten","tag-american-dingo","tag-carolina-dog","tag-dingo-vacations","tag-jobe-wymore","tag-lupe","tag-montana","tag-mount-powell","tag-peakbagging"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventuresoflupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_5704.jpg?fit=1651%2C1238&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12445"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16459,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12445\/revisions\/16459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}