{"id":30274,"date":"2021-01-04T08:10:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=30274"},"modified":"2021-01-14T10:42:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:42:39","slug":"black-hills-sd-expedition-no-259-zimmer-ridge-peak-6600-11-28-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=30274","title":{"rendered":"Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 259 – Zimmer Ridge & Peak 6600 (11-28-20)"},"content":{"rendered":"

7:59 AM, 18\u00baF, Whitehorse Road 0.2 mile from Hwy 16\/385<\/em> – Dang chilly out!\u00a0 Supposed to warm up a bunch, though.\u00a0 Lupe was in high spirits as she set off up shady Whitehorse Gulch.\u00a0 Apparently, the Carolina Dog wasn’t cold, but SPHP’s frigid fingers were glad when the gulch widened out enough to become sunny.<\/p>\n

Whitehorse Road wound NW for a little over a mile before Lupe left it.\u00a0 Crossing a small field of dry grass on the R, she entered the forest.\u00a0 The terrain immediately began to slope higher, and soon became rocky.\u00a0 Not bad at all, though.\u00a0 Getting up Zimmer Ridge<\/span><\/a> (6,600 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> was going to be a snap, if it stayed like this.<\/p>\n

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Near the forest after leaving Whitehorse Road. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Starting up Zimmer Ridge’s SW ridge<\/strong>. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Heh!\u00a0 Not to be.\u00a0 The rock formations along Zimmer Ridge’s SW ridge grew in size, and the slope steepened as the American Dingo climbed.\u00a0 Looper eventually found herself high up on a bunch of boulders with no safe way forward, forcing a 50 foot retreat.<\/p>\n

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Determined Dingo, still on Zimmer Ridge’s lower slopes. Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On a short, easy, protected ramp higher. Photo looks ENE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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By a cool boulder along the SW ridge. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A glimpse of Peak<\/span> 6600<\/span><\/a><\/strong> (R) beyond Whitehorse Gulch<\/strong>. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A minor setback.\u00a0 Swinging around the W side of the big boulders, Lupe came to a steepish region of moderate-sized rock.\u00a0 Scrambling up that, she reached a longer stretch of doghair pine right back on the ridgeline.\u00a0 Loopster searched for squirrels, but she wasn’t going to be sneaking up on anything with SPHP snap, crackle, and popping twigs and branches every step of the way.<\/p>\n

More big rock formations were ahead, but they weren’t gnarly enough to put an end to progress this time.\u00a0 The forest began to open up along the ridgeline.\u00a0 Unfortunately, that was due to all the deadfall.\u00a0 Extremely common these days in the Black Hills, but never a welcome sight.<\/p>\n

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Scrambling the rocks. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Among the doghair pines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Another rock formation along the ridgeline. Photo looks SSE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Oh, boy! Deadfall! Our favorite. Not!<\/em> Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zimmer Ridge’s SW and S ridges merged together somewhere along in here.\u00a0 Lupe was getting quite high.\u00a0 The summit couldn’t be an awful lot farther N, could it?<\/p>\n

Maybe yes.\u00a0 Loop had climbed Zimmer Ridge once before a little over 6 years ago.\u00a0 Back then she had come up the W slope instead of the SW ridge, but had reached the main ridgeline well S of the summit.\u00a0 Both routes ought to link up, but nothing looked familiar yet.<\/p>\n

The Carolina Dog came to several larger rock formations along the top of the ridgeline separated by stretches of often deadfall-laden forest.\u00a0 Reaching the N side of one of these outcroppings, aha!<\/em><\/p>\n

Loopster!\u00a0 Remember this?\u00a0 You were here before!<\/em><\/p>\n

I was?<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, yes!\u00a0 Remember this log sticking out toward Sylvan Hill<\/span><\/a> (7,000 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>?\u00a0 Looks like it has weathered some more, but this has got to be the same one you visited before!<\/em><\/p>\n

Lovely, I’m sure, but it seems to have made more of an impression on you, SPHP, than it did on me.\u00a0 I’ll take your word for it.\u00a0 Is this particular dead log some sort of big event?<\/em><\/p>\n

Apparently, not!\u00a0 I just thought it was sort of cool to see a reminder of our first visit to Zimmer Ridge.\u00a0 I’m certain you were here before.\u00a0 Took a photo of you by or on this log, which may be why I remember it.\u00a0 Let’s get another!<\/em><\/p>\n

Whatever!\u00a0 Fine and dandy, SPHP!\u00a0 Perfectly glorious!\u00a0 But let me know when you’re certain you see a squirrel!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Traveling the ridgeline from one big rock formation to the next. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Black Elk Peak<\/span><\/a> (7,231 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> (R) in the distance. Photo looks ESE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Once again on the oh, so incredibly memorable log pointing toward Sylvan Hill<\/strong> (L). Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having seen this fabulous reminder of the good old days, SPHP now felt that maybe it really wasn’t too much farther N to Zimmer Ridge’s true summit, although after thinking about it, it had seemed like a bit of a trek 6 years ago.<\/p>\n

Another clearly higher point was off in that direction.\u00a0 Looked more like a pine-forested hill than a rock formation, though.\u00a0 SPHP recalled the true summit as being quite rocky, and surrounded by young aspens.<\/p>\n

Whether that hill was or wasn’t the true summit, Lupe still had to go that way, though.\u00a0 She headed N across a semi-open region harboring more deadfall.\u00a0 Off to the SE were nice views of Black Elk Peak<\/span><\/a> (7,231 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, Little Devils Tower<\/span><\/a> (6,960 ft.<\/span><\/strong>)<\/span>, Saint Elmo Peak<\/span><\/a> (6,458 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> and others.<\/p>\n

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On to the next higher point along the ridge. Photo looks NNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Black Elk Peak<\/strong> (Center), Little Devils Tower<\/strong> (R), and Saint Elmo Peak<\/strong> (R foreground). Photo looks ESE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next high point didn’t turn out to be the true summit, but it could be seen from here.\u00a0 SPHP was sure that next more heavily forested hill had to be it.\u00a0 A few rocks and aspens were visible at the top.\u00a0 Lupe had to lose a bit of elevation to continue over there, but it wasn’t long before she was scrambling on rocks just SE of the top.<\/p>\n

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True summit of Zimmer Ridge<\/strong> ahead! Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Just below the S (true) summit<\/strong>. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Circling around to the N, Lupe climbed up to a gap between several large rocks at the very top of Zimmer Ridge<\/span><\/a> (6,600 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Three stones were in contention for title of true summit.\u00a0 Two were side by side just E of this gap, and one was immediately W of it.\u00a0 SPHP helped Lupe up onto the closest E rock first.<\/p>\n

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On the E rock. Photo looks ENE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The W rock was clearly a few inches higher than the two E ones were.\u00a0 The crafty American Dingo managed to scramble around to the top of it all by herself.<\/p>\n

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At the true summit of Zimmer Ridge<\/strong>. Photo looks W.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trees hid the views to the E, but Lupe could see a huge swath of the Black Hills in other directions.\u00a0 Peak<\/span> 6600<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, her next objective, was in sight to the WNW along the ridge on the far side of Whitehorse Gulch.\u00a0 Big ridges of the limestone plateau country were visible miles farther W.<\/p>\n

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Peak 6600<\/strong> (immediately R of Lupe) with ridges of the limestone plateau beyond. Photo looks WNW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps the most interesting sight of all was HP6583<\/span><\/strong>, the N high point of Zimmer Ridge off to the NNE.\u00a0 Connected by a 0.5 mile section of the huge ridge, HP6583<\/span><\/strong> wasn’t much lower.\u00a0 Having been there before, Lupe knew it was a much better place to take a break.\u00a0 The true summit of Zimmer Ridge was a cool airy spot, but with little room to maneuver and nowhere to relax except well below the highest rocks.<\/p>\n

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HP6583<\/span><\/strong> (R), the slightly lower N summit of Zimmer Ridge<\/strong> from the true summit. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Took nearly 50 minutes to get over there.\u00a0 Not really much of a surprise.\u00a0 SPHP remembered this trek as having been a terrible deadfall mess.\u00a0 Now it didn’t seem much worse than a lot of other places in the Black Hills, but Looper was still getting a workout leaping over one dead tree after another along whatever snaky route looked like the path of least resistance at the moment.<\/p>\n

Most of the time the going was easiest E of the ridgeline.\u00a0 The deadfall didn’t get bad until Looper was halfway to HP6583<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 With so many trees down, Loop enjoyed a sweeping view of Elkhorn Mountain<\/span><\/a> (6,381 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, Black Elk Peak<\/span><\/a> (7,231 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, Peak<\/span> 6920<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and others off to the E and SE.<\/p>\n

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Leaving the true summit region. Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elkhorn Mountain<\/strong> (L), Black Elk Peak<\/strong> (Center), Peak 6920<\/strong> (next knob to the R). Photo looks SE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A glance back at the true summit<\/strong> (L). Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shortly before reaching HP6583<\/span><\/strong>, most of the deadfall ended.\u00a0 Lupe passed through a short section of young pine forest which led to a small boulder field next to a big rock formation at the top.\u00a0 Circling around the NW side, the Carolina Dog scrambled up from the NE.\u00a0 A lone pine tree’s inopportunely situated branches made following Loop a little tricky, but SPHP soon joined her on top.<\/p>\n

Not much room up here, either, but definitely more comfortable than Zimmer Ridge’s true summit had been.\u00a0 A U-shaped rock formation open to the SE surrounded a small area where Lupe could relax on a bed of pine needles, if she wanted to.\u00a0 SPHP tossed some prickly pine cones out of it for her.<\/p>\n

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Loop on the rock formation at the top of HP6583<\/span><\/strong>. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The views from HP6583<\/span><\/strong> were quite similar to what they’d been over at the true summit.\u00a0 Loopster and SPHP hung around for half an hour.\u00a0 A couple of little chocolate coconut bars were shared.\u00a0 Lupe also partook of some Taste of the Wild while SPHP munched the usual apple.<\/p>\n

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True summit of Zimmer Ridge<\/strong> (L) from HP6583<\/span><\/strong>. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Another angle. Photo looks SSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Peak<\/span> 6600<\/span><\/a><\/strong> is the high point on the next ridge past Loop’s head. Photo looks W.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mighty nice day for late November!\u00a0 Time passed quickly.\u00a0 Before all was over and done with, Lupe had also visited a lower rock formation off to the NE which had a view of Five Points<\/span><\/a> (6,221 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Five Points<\/strong> (L of Center) from the lower NE rock formation. Photo looks NE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Peak<\/span> 6600<\/span><\/a><\/strong> on the W side of Whitehorse Gulch was the American Dingo’s final peakbagging objective for the day.\u00a0 Abandoning Zimmer Ridge, Lupe started down HP6583<\/span><\/strong>‘s NW slope.\u00a0 This was all densely forested, fairly steep territory.\u00a0 For a while boulder fields were off to the L (S) as Loop worked her way W.\u00a0 Some deadfall, but not bad.\u00a0 No views except trees, a mix of aspens and pines.<\/p>\n

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Descending Zimmer Ridge. Photo looks WSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looking for a minor hill on the way to Pass 5935<\/span><\/strong>, Lupe finally saw it a little off to the NW.\u00a0 She headed over toward it, but turned W along the S slope instead of going all the way to the top.\u00a0 Upon reaching the Pass 5935<\/span><\/strong> region, Loop came to a clearing.\u00a0 Nearby was a dirt road which she followed NW up to a junction with USFS Road No. 387.1B.<\/p>\n

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Looper reaches USFS Road No. 387.1B<\/strong> near Pass 5935<\/span><\/strong>. Photo looks WSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taking No. 387.1B, Lupe followed it up a short rise.\u00a0 Once it topped out, the road then headed SW down a ravine leading into Whitehorse Gulch.\u00a0 At the bottom, No. 387.1B turned NW.\u00a0 Before making the turn, Loop left the road at the bend, heading down to a little pond only 200 feet away.<\/p>\n

This pond had been a pretty spot the last time the Carolina Dog had been here more than 6 years ago.\u00a0 Today it was frozen over, and seemed sad.\u00a0 Everything looked motionless and dead.\u00a0 A moment of silent reflection, and Lupe returned to the road, now going NW farther up Whitehorse Gulch.<\/p>\n

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Nearing the bend in Whitehorse Gulch<\/strong>. Photo looks WSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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By the frozen pond. Photo looks SW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For about a mile, No. 387.1B wound its way steadily higher.\u00a0 Lupe came to a new, unmarked dirt road that angled off to the L, but didn’t take it.\u00a0 After a while, the air became more strongly pine-scented than usual.\u00a0 The reason was soon clear.\u00a0 Logging!\u00a0 The forest that had been here ever since Lupe had last been this way was now mostly gone.<\/p>\n

The loggers had been here just recently.\u00a0 Lupe passed numerous stacks of fresh cut logs, and huge piles of branches still loaded with green pine needles.\u00a0 The change opened up the valley view, but the freshly churned up ground wasn’t pretty, the damage too new.<\/p>\n

Lupe was undeterred, still happily exploring ahead, but SPHP trudged after her in an increasingly melancholy mood.<\/p>\n

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Exploring upper Whitehorse Gulch<\/strong>. USFS Road No. 387.1B (R). Where the new dirt road on the L goes remains a mystery. Photo looks NNW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Whitehorse Gulch<\/strong>. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Near the start of the recently logged region. Photo looks NNW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the extreme N end of Whitehorse Gulch, No. 387.1B came to an end at a circular turnaround loop.\u00a0 A more primitive road went W from here, and soon climbed a short steep slope.\u00a0 Up on top, now 0.75 mile due N of Peak 6600, Lupe found she had reached a minor pass.\u00a0 A fence crossed the road, but the gate was open.\u00a0 Beyond the fence was a meadow and views of nearby hills to the NW.<\/p>\n

Leaving the road, the Carolina Dog headed S along a broad ridge leading to Peak 6600.\u00a0 Loggers had been up here, too.\u00a0 All large trees were gone, although small ones remained, the ground churned up with caterpillar tracks and littered with little broken branches still sporting bright green pine needles.\u00a0 Zimmer Ridge<\/span><\/a> (6,600 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> could be seen off to the ESE, the top of Black Elk Peak poking up behind it.<\/p>\n

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Zimmer Ridge<\/strong> (Center). Photo looks ESE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The loggers hadn’t made it all the way to Peak 6600 along this ridge, but they’d gotten fairly close.\u00a0 Lupe had to duck under the annoying ancient barbed-wire fence that also went this way a couple of times, but finally got past it, too.<\/p>\n

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Closing in on Peak 6600<\/strong> (R). Sylvan Hill<\/strong> (L) in the distance. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Little patches of snow were still slowly melting on the N slopes, as Lupe made the final 200 foot ascent to the top of Peak 6600.\u00a0 Not particularly steep, just a forested, and in a few spots, snowy trek higher.<\/p>\n

Peak<\/span> 6600<\/span><\/a><\/strong> has two summits, E and W, separated by 300 feet.\u00a0 Coming up the NNE slope of the mountain, Looper reached the E summit first.\u00a0 She scrambled up onto a narrow, vertical band of rock running N\/S at the high point.\u00a0 This was the same spot she had reached 6 years ago, where SPHP had taken a photo of her silhouetted as the sun sank in the W.<\/p>\n

Not that late in the day yet this time around.\u00a0 SPHP took a couple of new photos of Loop on the E summit, but from different angles than before.<\/p>\n

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Peak 6600<\/strong>, at the E summit<\/strong>. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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E summit<\/strong> from another angle. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trees interfered with the views.\u00a0 The W summit was a bit higher in SPHP’s opinion, although it couldn’t be seen clearly from here for the same reason.\u00a0 Lots of deadfall between the two summits.\u00a0 Lupe stayed near the N edge, trying to avoid the mess as much as possible, as she headed over to the true summit.<\/p>\n

3:17 PM<\/em> – Lupe stood poised at the true summit of Peak<\/span> 6600<\/span><\/a><\/strong> enjoying a sunlit reception.\u00a0 45 minutes before sunset.\u00a0 She would spend 25 of them right here.\u00a0 This was a beautiful spot, with some room to move around.\u00a0 The best and only open views were off to the N and W where a series of forested hills led to the high ridges of the limestone plateau country.<\/p>\n

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In brilliant sunshine at the true (W) summit of Peak 6600<\/strong>. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Limestone plateau ridges on the horizon (L). Photo looks WNW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bear Mountain<\/span><\/a> (7,166 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> beyond Lupe. Photo looks WSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At the S end of Peak 6600’s W summit region<\/strong>. Photo looks S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last apple vanished.\u00a0 Lupe had more Taste of the Wild.\u00a0 Water for all.\u00a0 Conditions were awesome for late November, and the slanting rays of early evening sunlight made everything so beautiful!\u00a0 Wouldn’t last.\u00a0 Looper cooperated fully in getting a few more dazzling Dingo shots.<\/p>\n

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Green Mountain<\/span><\/a> (7,164)<\/span><\/strong> (L) in the distance. Photo looks NW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Evening on Peak 6600<\/strong>. Photo looks W.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Back on the highest rocks of the true summit<\/strong>. Photo looks N.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Would have been fun to stay and watch the sunset, but it was a long way back.\u00a0 The most direct route would be steep and full of deadfall.\u00a0 Better to leave early enough to not get stuck out among the worst of it in the dark.<\/p>\n

Prudence was going to win out.\u00a0 The sun wasn’t quite low enough yet to get a true silhouette shot this time, but SPHP tried anyway, hoping to get a couple that might be close before Lupe left Peak 6600 again.\u00a0 This time she stood proudly atop the true (W) summit, instead of the E one.<\/p>\n

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Peak 6600<\/strong>, true summit. Photo looks W.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Final moments atop Peak 6600<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And the race was on!\u00a0 The American Dingo started down Peak 6600’s steep SE slope, dodging all the deadfall as best she could.\u00a0 She’d barely gotten going, when the views of Zimmer Ridge and the rugged territory surrounding Black Elk Peak were worth a pause.<\/p>\n

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Zimmer Ridge<\/strong> (Center). Photo looks E.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Black Elk Peak<\/strong> (L), Peak 6920<\/strong> (Center), and Little Devils Tower<\/strong> (R). The SW ridge of Zimmer Ridge<\/strong>, which Lupe had climbed this morning, is the foreground. Photo looks ESE with help from the telephoto lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dusk in Whitehorse Gulch.\u00a0 The night sky never did get all that dark.\u00a0 The white ghost of a nearly full moon rose over the shoulder of Zimmer Ridge.\u00a0 Skirting fences along the edge of private property, an American Dingo slunk undetected through shadowy forest.<\/p>\n

Chilly out again, but homeward bound.\u00a0 (5:50 PM, 24\u00baF)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Peak 6600<\/strong>, Black Hills of South Dakota, 11-28-20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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7:59 AM, 18\u00baF, Whitehorse Road 0.2 mile from Hwy 16\/385 – Dang chilly out!\u00a0 Supposed to warm up a bunch, though.\u00a0 Lupe was in high spirits as she set off up shady Whitehorse Gulch.\u00a0 Apparently, the Carolina Dog wasn’t cold, but SPHP’s frigid fingers were glad when the gulch widened out enough to become sunny. … Continue reading Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 259 – Zimmer Ridge & Peak 6600 (11-28-20)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30239,"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":[6],"tags":[105,9,106,104,582,304,581],"class_list":["post-30274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-black-hills","tag-american-dingo","tag-black-hills-expeditions","tag-carolina-dog","tag-lupe","tag-peak-6600","tag-south-dakota","tag-zimmer-ridge"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventuresoflupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_8558.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\/30274","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=30274"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31131,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30274\/revisions\/31131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}