{"id":26208,"date":"2020-04-07T10:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=26208"},"modified":"2020-06-08T20:30:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T02:30:36","slug":"lost-chicken-hill-mount-fairplay-alaska-8-19-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=26208","title":{"rendered":"Lost Chicken Hill & Mount Fairplay, Alaska (8-19-19)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 15 of Lupe’s 2019 Dingo Vacation to the Yukon & Alaska!<\/em><\/p>\n

2:31 AM, 30 \u00baF, Taylor Highway 0.5 mile SSW of Steele Creek Dome<\/em> – Cold.\u00a0 And deathly quiet.\u00a0 Like a frozen zombie eye, a pale three-quarter moon stared down from space.\u00a0 A faint glow betrayed the sun’s position far to the N as it snuck along well below the horizon.\u00a0 Otherwise still a very dark night.\u00a0 Sniffing intensely, Lupe wove in and out among the bushes along the edge of the big dirt pullout.<\/p>\n

10 minutes ago the Carolina Dog had suddenly burst into a frenzied barking spree.\u00a0 No sign out here now of whatever she’d detected.\u00a0 Might have been anything.\u00a0 SPHP never saw it.\u00a0 Perhaps best that whatever it was had vanished?\u00a0 As soon as the American Dingo calmed down a bit, SPHP persuaded her to retreat back into the G6.<\/p>\n

9:23 AM, still SSW of Steele Creek Dome<\/span><\/a> (4,015 ft.)<\/span><\/strong><\/em> –\u00a0 Ugh!\u00a0 Overslept!\u00a0 The sun had been up for hours!\u00a0 Hardly mattered.\u00a0 If the weather held, Lupe still had time enough to complete her adventures along the Taylor Highway today.\u00a0 SPHP straightened out the G6, and the American Dingo was on her way.<\/p>\n

First stop was at the South Fork Wayside, right after crossing the bridge over the Forty Mile River.\u00a0 Lupe explored the forest looking for squirrels, while SPHP heated up a can of beef stew for brunch.\u00a0 The brown waters of the South Fork of the Forty Mile River were much lower than they had been a year ago.\u00a0 Loop waded in for a drink.<\/p>\n

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Near the S Fork Wayside<\/strong> picnic gazebo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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South Fork of the Forty Mile River<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

12:53 PM, 50 \u00baF, Mosquito Fork Dredge trailhead near Chicken, Alaska<\/em> – The next stop offered a choice of adventures.\u00a0 A mile or two before reaching Chicken, SPHP parked the G6 at the Mosquito Fork Dredge<\/span><\/a><\/strong> trailhead.\u00a0 A nice-looking trail disappeared into the forest on its way to an overlook where an old gold mining dredge would be visible down on the Mosquito Fork of the Forty Mile River.<\/p>\n

Truth is, peakbagging Carolina Dogs aren’t much into mining or dredges, and while forks are sometimes useful, SPHP isn’t keen on mosquitoes.\u00a0 Right across the Taylor Highway was a better option.\u00a0 Lupe could climb Lost Chicken Hill<\/span><\/a> (2,150 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Oh, let’s do that instead, SPHP!\u00a0 I’ll find that lost chicken!\u00a0 It’ll be wings and drumsticks for dinner tonight!<\/em><\/p>\n

Heavily forested Lost Chicken Hill wasn’t much of a climb, a mere 80 feet of elevation gain or so from the trailhead, if that.\u00a0 Nevertheless, Lupe was enthused by the thought of hunting down that lost chicken.\u00a0 If she could also claim a trivial Alaskan peakbagging success as well, so much the better!\u00a0 After crossing the highway, she passed through a big opening carved into the S end of Lost Chicken Hill and headed up into the forest.<\/p>\n

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Starting for Lost Chicken Hill<\/strong> right across the Taylor Highway from the Mosquito Fork Dredge trailhead. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Loopster’s search for the lost chicken begins!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The dense forest was littered with small diameter deadfall, the forest floor thick with soft, spongy moss.\u00a0 Gently rounded Lost Chicken Hill was an easy climb.\u00a0 Before long, Lupe arrived at a large flat region that had to be the summit.\u00a0 The American Dingo prowled this way and that, but the lost chicken did not appear, and no single spot stood out as the absolute highest point.<\/p>\n

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This seems to be about the top, but no sign of the lost chicken yet!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe sniffed and searched everywhere!\u00a0 She found bright red berries, she came to a variety of mushrooms and fungi, but the famous lost chicken was nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n

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Red berries were common on Lost Chicken Hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A big brown mushroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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More mushrooms among the spongy moss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A particularly colorful fungi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Puzzling over which way the lost chicken might have gone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I thought this would be a snap.\u00a0 How long has this chicken been missing, anyway, SPHP?
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Not exactly sure, Looper.\u00a0 Probably since the gold rush days.\u00a0 1880’s?\u00a0 1890’s?\u00a0 Something like that.<\/em><\/p>\n

So the chicken was here 130 years ago?\u00a0 No wonder I can’t pick up a scent!<\/em><\/p>\n

Yeah, I’m really not that surprised, to tell you the truth.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Carolina Dog pondered the situation.<\/p>\n

The chicken can’t be too spry now, SPHP, but might have wandered quite a long way in 130 years.\u00a0 The trail is stone cold.\u00a0 Even if we find this chicken, it’s apt to be scrawny and tough.\u00a0 We should have gotten here sooner.<\/em><\/p>\n

No doubt you’re right, Loop.\u00a0 Don’t worry about it.\u00a0 My bad.\u00a0 I shouldn’t have overslept.<\/em><\/p>\n

With no chickens and no views, there didn’t seem to be much point in lingering up on Lost Chicken Hill.\u00a0 What the heck, Lupe had plenty of Alpo and Taste of the Wild to eat, anyway!\u00a0 Might as well return to the G6, and carry on.\u00a0 Even so, the Carolina Dog didn’t give up entirely.\u00a0 The whole way back she kept sniffing and exploring, just in case.<\/p>\n

The only chickens she found, though, were the big metal ones stationed in the village of Chicken, when SPHP stopped for a quick look around.<\/p>\n

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You can’t fool me, SPHP! These chickens aren’t even real!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lost Chicken Hill had been a fun romp, but only a warm-up exercise.\u00a0 The big prize of the day was still ahead – a favorite peak, one that Lupe had been to in both 2017 and 2018 – Mount Fairplay<\/span><\/a> (5,541 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Lupe had seen Mount Fairplay on the horizon from Steele Creek Dome yesterday evening.\u00a0 Stopping briefly at the Mount Fairplay Wayside 30 miles S of Chicken, the mountain was now only a few miles away.<\/p>\n

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At the Mount Fairplay Wayside<\/strong>, MP 35 of the Taylor Highway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mount Fairplay<\/strong> (Center) from the wayside. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mid-afternoon already, but a decent day.\u00a0 This was Lupe’s big chance to visit the top of Mount Fairplay for a third time.\u00a0 2,000 feet of elevation gain from the highway, but a fun and easy climb.<\/p>\n

3:06 PM, 50 \u00baF, Taylor Highway pullout at MP 32.8<\/em> – Quite a few clouds around, but patches of blue sky, too.\u00a0 Lupe crossed the Taylor Highway and started up an embankment on the other side.\u00a0 Experience gained during her prior ascents from this same starting point would come in handy now.\u00a0 The first goal was to get up on the lower end of the broad ridge leading SE toward the big saddle S of the summit.<\/p>\n

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Mount Fairplay<\/strong> (Center) from the pullout at Taylor Highway MP 32.8. Photo looks ESE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The broad ridge wasn’t far from the highway, or much of a climb, but this first zone was full of small trees and dense stands of large bushes.\u00a0 Instead of heading E straight for the ridge as she had done before, Lupe angled NE (L) taking a slightly longer route hoping to avoid the worst of the bushes.<\/p>\n

This manuever should have worked.\u00a0 The bushes weren’t nearly as bad this way.\u00a0 Less thrashing about for SPHP ought to have saved some time, but another obstacle presented itself.\u00a0 Blueberries!\u00a0 The slope leading up to the ridge was full of luscious, ripe, wild blueberries.\u00a0 No problem for the American Dingo, but SPHP was quickly hooked.<\/p>\n

Are you coming, or not, SPHP?\u00a0 The bushes would have been faster!\u00a0 We’ll never get there at this pace!<\/em><\/p>\n

Sorry, Loop, but wild blueberries are sooo scrumptious!\u00a0 Just a few more, and I’ll be right with you.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Part of the blueberry trap.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Inexplicably, a few more turned out to be quite a few more.\u00a0 Lots more, in fact, but Lupe finally did make it up onto the broad ridge.\u00a0 Although blueberries were up here, too, there weren’t as many.\u00a0 Overall there was far less vegetation.\u00a0 The long slope leading SE toward the big saddle was now in view.<\/p>\n

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Finally up on the lower part of the broad ridge. Photo looks WNW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The long slope higher ahead. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Staying farther NE than during her prior ascents, Lupe headed for the big saddle more than a mile away.\u00a0 The slope gradually became rockier as she climbed.<\/p>\n

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Looking NW back down the slope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Entering rockier terrain. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a little earlier in the year this time around.\u00a0 The tundra was just beginning to change to fall colors.<\/p>\n

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The tundra wasn’t quite as colorful yet as on Lupe’s earlier ascents.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Gazing along the W flank of Mount Fairplay<\/strong>. Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Making progress. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Typical appearance of the lichen-covered rocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before Lupe reached the start of the steeper climb up to the big saddle, she came to a broad expanse of grassy tundra.\u00a0 In prior years, this area had been boggy, full of tiny trickling streams and numerous waterholes.\u00a0 Now, however, the ground was noticeably drier.\u00a0 Hardly any streams, and fewer waterholes.\u00a0 Lupe stayed on or near the rocks as long as she could before entering the wetlands.<\/p>\n

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Approaching the boggy region. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Near the end of the rocks. The saddle beyond Lupe is the pass between HP5120<\/span><\/strong> (L) and Mount Fairplay’s summit<\/strong> (R). Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Close to a waterhole. HP5120<\/span><\/strong> (R of Center) in the background. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With less sogginess to avoid, getting to the base of the steeper climb was easier than ever before.\u00a0 Here the terrain became rocky again.\u00a0 In short order, Loopster was scrambling higher.<\/p>\n

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Above the boggy area. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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So far, so good! Gets quite a bit steeper from here on, though!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Scrambling higher.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a good scramble, Loop reached an area with more vegetation again above the steepest part.\u00a0 She still hadn’t made it up to the big saddle SSW of the summit.<\/p>\n

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Near the end of the steepest section. Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Easier now, but still below the big saddle SSW of the summit. Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe never did get to the big saddle.\u00a0 Instead, the Carolina Dog turned NE heading almost directly for the summit.\u00a0 This was a steeper, shorter route than she’d ever taken before.\u00a0 Lanes of tundra provided paths of least resistance between rivers of rock.<\/p>\n

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Heading for the summit (L). Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Glancing back at the big saddle on the S ridge after bypassing it. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final climb was rocky and moderately steep.\u00a0 Following faint paths, it wasn’t long before Lupe was approaching the summit.<\/p>\n

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Still a little way to go. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Getting close to the top. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Towers, sheds, and wires came into view.\u00a0 Moments later, Lupe was among them.\u00a0 A big brown shed was close to where she’d come up.\u00a0 Loop headed for a small wall of rock a bit NE of it.\u00a0 This little rock wall still looked like the marginally highest point on the mountain.<\/p>\n

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The towers on Mount Fairplay<\/strong> come into sight. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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3rd annual appearance at the true summit of Mount Fairplay<\/strong>! Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The top of Mount Fairplay<\/span><\/a> (5,541 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> looked pretty much the same as before.\u00a0 The same towers and sheds were grouped near the S end and along the W side of the big, rough, but otherwise almost flat summit area.\u00a0 However, there was one important difference.\u00a0 Lupe was sad to learn that the very entertaining squirrel that had been up here in 2018 was gone!\u00a0 Not completely unexpected.\u00a0 What had possessed a squirrel to traipse all the way up here more than 1,500 feet above any tree or bush had always been a mystery in the first place.<\/p>\n

The entire summit was roughly 300 feet long N\/S and 100 feet wide E\/W.\u00a0 Lupe’s reconnaissance started with the big rocks at the S end.<\/p>\n

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Looking down the S ridge. Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Near the E edge still looking down the S ridge. Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Same spot, but showing more of the S end of the summit region. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After enjoying the views to the S, Loop headed N along the E edge.\u00a0 She got all the way to the N end, and again found the survey marker where SPHP had first learned the name of this mountain back in 2017.<\/p>\n

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At the survey marker near the N end of the summit region.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Survey marker No. 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An arrow on Survey marker No. 2 pointed S toward a wall of loose rock partially enclosing a shallow human-created depression several feet in diameter.\u00a0 Going over for her annual check, Lupe still did not see any other survey marker, in or out of the pit.\u00a0 Survey marker No. 2 was the only one she had ever found on Mount Fairplay, and that’s the way things stayed.<\/p>\n

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On the rough circular wall by the pit (L of Lupe) survey marker No. 2 points toward. Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Time for a break.\u00a0 At the N end, not far from survey marker No. 2, Lupe curled up on SPHP’s lap.\u00a0 The sky had clouded up completely, a nearly uniform indistinct gray, long before the Carolina Dog had reached the summit.\u00a0 Evening now, and quite cool, about 40 \u00baF with a 5-10 mph breeze out of the SW.<\/p>\n

The clouds were fairly high, but the air below was hazy.\u00a0 Looking down Mount Fairplay’s broad N slope, rows of yellow-brown hills and ridges faded into oblivion.\u00a0 The American Dingo could see for miles, but not sharply, details concealed by the horizon-devouring haze.<\/p>\n

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Gazing down Mount Fairplay’s N slope<\/strong>. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three ascents of this overgrown E Alaska hill!\u00a0 Hard to believe it, but Loopster really was back.\u00a0 It all seemed so familiar, yet still incredibly remote.\u00a0 The scene was duller, more somber and serious than before.\u00a0 Not even that peakbagging squirrel to break the solitude.\u00a0 Refuge in the sky, Mount Fairplay stood besieged by a vast, empty unknown.<\/p>\n

Lupe got hungry.\u00a0 Taste of the Wild was provided.\u00a0 Ahh, so much better!\u00a0 Energy came surging back.\u00a0 The were-puppy appeared, growling and threatening, and succeeded in snatching away SPHP’s glove.<\/p>\n

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The glove-snatching were-puppy of Mount Fairplay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hey, give that back!<\/em><\/p>\n

Keep-away is a delightful game, one the were-puppy knew it would win.\u00a0 Not until SPHP was sufficiently humiliated did the glove lose its strange fascination.\u00a0 Abandoned among the rocks, SPHP finally retrieved it.<\/p>\n

Well, thank you so much!\u00a0 Since you’re so perky, why don’t we take a stroll around the whole summit?<\/em><\/p>\n

The were-puppy was fine with that.<\/p>\n

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The Taylor Highway from the W edge. The gently rounded yellow slope seen beyond Lupe is the broad ridge she had come up from R to L. Photo looks W.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View to the NW. The closest hill is HP5120<\/span><\/strong> (R of Center).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In the area that was Lupe’s approach to the summit. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At the S end again overlooking the big saddle along the S ridge. Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Along the E edge. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a leisurely counter-clockwise circumnavigation, Lupe was back where she’d started.\u00a0 SPHP proposed lingering a while longer at the NW end.\u00a0 A bit gloomy up here, but Mount Fairplay was so fabulous!\u00a0 The weather wasn’t threatening, and the sun, though sinking, still gleamed among the clouds.<\/p>\n

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The summit as seen from the NW end. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The distant gleam to the W.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What are you staring at, SPHP?\u00a0 You going to stand there forever?<\/em><\/p>\n

No.\u00a0 It’s just incredible to be here again, Loop.\u00a0 Enjoying, that’s all.<\/em><\/p>\n

Still enough daylight to try something different, if we get on with it, isn’t there?<\/em><\/p>\n

Maybe, what do you have in mind?<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s go down the N slope this time.\u00a0 Looks easy enough, and we’ve never been that way before.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Come on! Let’s try the N slope!<\/em> Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last year, Lupe had explored part of the S ridge beyond the big saddle on what turned out to be a gorgeous evening spent roaming the blazing, brilliant tundra.\u00a0 Wasn’t going to be like that today, but the Carolina Dog was right.\u00a0 Although longer than going back the way she had come up, the N slope appeared perfectly feasible.\u00a0 Ought to be able to reach the highway before dark.\u00a0 Why not?<\/p>\n

I like it!\u00a0 Go for it, Looper.\u00a0 I’ll be right behind you!<\/em><\/p>\n

An hour and twenty minutes after reaching the top of Mount Fairplay, Lupe charged far down the N slope, greatly outdistancing SPHP.\u00a0 She soon dashed back to encourage SPHP to hurry.\u00a0 Some places it was rocky enough to slow things down quite a bit, but most of the way even SPHP set a fairly lively pace on the long downhill trek.<\/p>\n

Exploring a new route took some of the sadness out of leaving Mount Fairplay behind.<\/p>\n

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Already partway down the N slope, Lupe returns to check on SPHP. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Overlooking the saddle region<\/strong> (Center) between HP5120<\/span><\/strong> (straight up from Lupe’s head), and Mount Fairplay’s N ridge<\/strong> (R). Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

0.33 mile down the N ridge, Lupe turned NW descending into the broad saddle region leading to subpeak HP5120<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 The saddle proved boggy, so she crossed it at the highest, driest part along the NE edge.<\/p>\n

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A glance back up the N ridge during the descent. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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About to drop down to the saddle leading to HP5120<\/span><\/strong> on the other side. Lupe crossed this saddle at far R, then traveled along the base of HP5120<\/span><\/strong> aiming for the little pass seen on the L. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mount Fairplay<\/strong> from the saddle. Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once across the saddle, it wouldn’t have been too difficult to go right up and over HP5120<\/span><\/strong>, but doing that seemed an unnecessary expenditure of precious energy.\u00a0 Instead, Looper turned SW along the base of HP5120<\/span><\/strong>, angling slowly higher toward a minor pass.<\/p>\n

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In the small pass at the S end of HP5120<\/span><\/strong>. Mount Fairplay<\/strong> (L). Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Going through the pass, Lupe came to a steep, scree-covered slope.\u00a0 The small rocks were loose, and often gave way underpaw.\u00a0 A series of faint animal trails provided better support.<\/p>\n

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Traversing the W slope of HP5120<\/span><\/strong>. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The animal trails were fun to follow, and got Lupe all the way around HP5120<\/span><\/strong> down to a lower part of Mount Fairplay’s NW ridge.\u00a0 Ahead, a long level stretch led to a much smaller hill.\u00a0 Approaching the top, a pole came into view.\u00a0 Lupe soon reached a small solar-powered installation, perhaps a weather station?<\/p>\n

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The solar-powered station on the NW ridge. A little slice of Mount Fairplay’s summit<\/strong> (straight up from Lupe) peeks up from behind HP5120<\/span><\/strong> (Center). Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All downhill from here!\u00a0 From the solar-powered station, the NW ridge sloped steadily down to the Taylor Highway.\u00a0 Still quite a trek, but an easy one practically all the way.<\/p>\n

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Looking down the NW ridge from close to the solar-powered station. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The big, rounded ridges of Mount Fairplay’s W slopes<\/strong>. Lupe had gone up the next one over. Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Solar station hill<\/strong> (L), HP5120<\/span><\/strong> (Center), Mount Fairplay summit<\/strong> (R of Center). Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mount Fairplay<\/strong> (L of Center) from well down the NW ridge. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The only tricky part came at the end.\u00a0 Leaving the NW ridge, the terrain steepened as Lupe turned W searching for a way down through forest and dense bushes.<\/p>\n

It all worked out!\u00a0 Without getting SPHP too tangled in vegetation, Lupe managed to reach the Taylor Highway.\u00a0 Only an easy 0.5 mile stroll back to the G6 remained.<\/p>\n

As she trotted along, the sky was clearing off to the N.\u00a0 Two years ago, the Carolina Dog had seen the Northern Lights for the first time from the pullout at MP 32.8 W of Mount Fairplay where she’d be staying tonight.\u00a0 Maybe she’d get lucky again!\u00a0 (End 9:38 PM, 44 \u00baF)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mount Fairplay<\/strong>, Alaska from the Taylor Highway after Lupe’s 3rd ascent, 8-19-19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Day 15 of Lupe’s 2019 Dingo Vacation to the Yukon & Alaska! 2:31 AM, 30 \u00baF, Taylor Highway 0.5 mile SSW of Steele Creek Dome – Cold.\u00a0 And deathly quiet.\u00a0 Like a frozen zombie eye, a pale three-quarter moon stared down from space.\u00a0 A faint glow betrayed the sun’s position far to the N as … Continue reading Lost Chicken Hill & Mount Fairplay, Alaska (8-19-19)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[1210],"tags":[704,105,106,962,26,1230,104,959,11,960],"class_list":["post-26208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2019-yukon-alaska","tag-alaska","tag-american-dingo","tag-carolina-dog","tag-chicken","tag-dingo-vacations","tag-lost-chicken-hill","tag-lupe","tag-mount-fairplay","tag-peakbagging","tag-taylor-highway"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventuresoflupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_4725-scaled.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\/26208","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=26208"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27915,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26208\/revisions\/27915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}