Lupe started gaining elevation right away, slowly at first, but the mountain grew steadily steeper.\u00a0 The area was all forested, but the forest had been thinned on the lower slopes.\u00a0 Near the top, the forest was much thicker.\u00a0 The climb was pretty easy, and soon Lupe arrived at a break in a line of small limestone cliffs near the N end of the mountain.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP quickly scrambled up on top.<\/p>\n
Round Mountain’s summit ridge is about 0.20 mile long, and runs N\/S.\u00a0 The mountain is capped by a layer of limestone.\u00a0 Small cliffs tend to form along the edges of the limestone cap.\u00a0 The summit ridge is quite narrow at the N end, but wider toward the S.\u00a0 Since Lupe and SPHP came up near the N end of the mountain, Lupe checked things out in that direction first.<\/p>\n
At the N end of Round Mountain, the narrow limestone ridge ended in small cliffs on all three sides.\u00a0 Pines hid most of the field of vision, but Lupe\u00a0did get a partial\u00a0look at Peak 6740 to the N.\u00a0 It was windy and cold here.\u00a0 Lupe didn’t stay long.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP went back to the little notch in the limestone cliffs to get out of the wind.\u00a0 SPHP checked the topo map.\u00a0 The true summit was supposed to be toward the S.<\/p>\n
From the notch, it was easiest to just go S along the base of the\u00a0W side of the cliffs until another break provided a way up on top again.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP continued S on the ridgeline.\u00a0 For the most part, the forest blocked the views.\u00a0 At least the forest was providing protection from the wind!\u00a0 Occasionally Lupe could see distant peaks\u00a0SPHP recognized to the E.\u00a0\u00a0All that could be seen to the W was a high forested ridge less than a mile away.<\/p>\n
The stroll along the top of the ridgeline was easy and almost level.\u00a0 Lupe gained elevation slowly.\u00a0 She passed over the true summit of Round Mountain, but continued on\u00a0a little farther to the cliffs at the S end.\u00a0 Lupe found the best views from Round Mountain here.\u00a0 From on high, she could see a very long way S.<\/p>\n After checking out the view, Lupe and SPHP went N back to the true summit.\u00a0 The summit area was very flat and hidden in the forest.\u00a0 A small patch of exposed limestone seemed to be close to the highest point around.\u00a0 Lupe posed for a photo.\u00a0 Round Mountain was her first peakbagging success of Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 100!<\/p>\n Before leaving Round Mountain, Lupe and SPHP returned to the very N end of the summit ridge once again.\u00a0 Lupe posed uncomfortably on the rocks in the cold wind.\u00a0 As soon as her photo op was over, she was anxious to leave!\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP\u00a0went back\u00a0to the notch, climbed down to the E, and turned N along the base of the limestone cliffs.\u00a0 Soon Lupe was beyond them\u00a0and on her way\u00a0down the N slope of Round Mountain.<\/p>\n Lupe’s next peakbagging objective was Peak 6740<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, which Lupe had seen part of from the N end of Round Mountain.\u00a0 Peak 6740 was less than a mile away.\u00a0 As the terrain started leveling out, Lupe and SPHP crossed USFS Road No. 241.1C.\u00a0 Continuing N a couple hundred yards, Lupe found another grassy road which must have intersected with No. 241.1C back to the SW.<\/p>\n Like at\u00a0Round Mountain and many other western Black Hills peaks, a layer of limestone forms the\u00a0top of Peak 6740.\u00a0 As a result, there\u00a0are cliffs along\u00a0most edges.\u00a0 On Peak 6740, the limestone is thicker and the cliffs are higher than at Round Mountain.\u00a0 SPHP scanned the SE facing\u00a0cliffs, hoping to see a break where Lupe could climb up.\u00a0 There\u00a0appeared to be a couple of possibilities, but the mountain looked pretty steep.\u00a0 It was hard to tell if there was actually a realistic route up from the SE.<\/p>\n The grassy road Lupe had just reached went N along the lower E slopes of Peak 6740.\u00a0 SPHP decided it might be best for Lupe to\u00a0stay on the road.\u00a0 Maybe\u00a0there would be an easier way up from the N?\u00a0 The road was almost level and an easy trek.\u00a0 Very conveniently for Lupe and SPHP, it went past the E side of Peak 6740 and curved around to the N side.\u00a0 The grassy road then started looping down to the NE toward Custer County Road No. 292, which could be seen not too far below.<\/p>\n By the time the grassy road turned NE, Lupe and SPHP could see a broad, thinly forested valley ahead.\u00a0 It rose at a moderate pace toward the SE up to the top of the ridgeline on Peak 6740.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP left the road and started climbing.\u00a0 Lupe was exposed to the NW wind here, but it was a much easier way up than anything SPHP had seen from the SE.<\/p>\n Lupe climbed up to\u00a0the highest point at the N end of the ridge.\u00a0 There were great views from the edge of the cliffs here!\u00a0 Time for a break.\u00a0 Lupe had water and Taste of the Wild.\u00a0 She then spent her time sniffing through low juniper bushes with a great deal of interest, although what was so fascinating about them was not apparent to SPHP.\u00a0 While Lupe was thusly entertained, SPHP ate an apple and enjoyed the scenery.<\/p>\n Peak 6740\u00a0has an unusual shape, rather like an anchor.\u00a0 The bottom of the anchor is positioned to the SE.\u00a0 The main shaft extends to the NW.\u00a0 From the bottom of the anchor, prongs curve\u00a0to the W and NE.\u00a0 The topo map shows\u00a0five particularly high spots\u00a0on the mountain – two along the main shaft, one at the bottom of the anchor, and one near\u00a0the end of each prong.\u00a0 All of these high spots are connected by long broad ridges that are only marginally lower.<\/p>\n Lupe had reached the\u00a0top of the ridge at the high spot near the end of Peak 6740’s NE prong.\u00a0 However, it wasn’t clear if this was the true summit of Peak 6740, or not.\u00a0 The high points\u00a0are separated from each other by as much as 0.5 mile.\u00a0\u00a0Due to the forest and the\u00a0terrain, the high points aren’t all in view\u00a0from one another.\u00a0 The Peakbagger.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> topo map shows the high points are very close to the same elevation.<\/p>\n To make certain Lupe reached the true summit, she was going to have to visit the other high spots on the mountain, too.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP left the NE prong heading for the SE high point\u00a0near the bottom of the anchor.\u00a0 Along the way, Lupe found there was a small break in the cliffs.\u00a0 She really could have come up the mountain from the SE!\u00a0\u00a0It would have been a much shorter and steeper route than the one she actually took by circling around to the N.<\/p>\n The cliffs at the very SE tip of the Peak 6740 anchor provided a great look back to the S at Round Mountain.<\/p>\n From the cliffs at the SE tip of Peak 6740, Lupe and SPHP went NW up a modest slope and found the closest high spot at the base of the anchor.\u00a0 It seemed at least as high as the NE prong had been, and maybe a bit higher.\u00a0 From here, SPHP could also see the high spot at the W prong.\u00a0 It looked almost as high, but instead of going directly\u00a0to the W prong, Lupe went NW to explore the main shaft of the Peak 6740\u00a0anchor.<\/p>\n The main shaft of the anchor was more heavily forested than the rest of the mountain.\u00a0 At first, the terrain didn’t look promising.\u00a0 Lupe\u00a0started out\u00a0losing elevation.\u00a0 After 5 or 10 minutes, though, she came to two high spots along the way.\u00a0 The first high spot was a flat,\u00a0elevated limestone outcropping.\u00a0 The second high spot was close enough to be seen ahead a bit farther to the NW.\u00a0 It looked like a 5 foot\u00a0high limestone rock.<\/p>\n When Lupe and SPHP got close to the second high spot, Lupe discovered that the rock was actually three pillars of limestone very close together, all about\u00a05 feet high.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP continued NW beyond the limestone pillars until it became clear there wasn’t any higher ground ahead.\u00a0 The forest had been thinned in this area, and Lupe could see the high point at the NE prong of the anchor.\u00a0 It looked every bit as high as where Lupe and SPHP were, and probably higher.<\/p>\n Lupe and SPHP returned to the limestone pillars high point.\u00a0 Lupe got up on top of one of the pillars for a photo.<\/p>\n SPHP peered through the forest out over a small valley back toward the W prong. \u00a0Even though Peakbagger.com marks the true summit of Peak 6740 at the middle of the main shaft of the anchor,\u00a0the W prong\u00a0looked higher than the high points along the\u00a0main shaft.\u00a0 Lupe had better visit the W prong, too!\u00a0 It didn’t take Lupe\u00a0all that long to get there.<\/p>\n By now, Lupe had been to all five of the high points on the Peak 6740 anchor.\u00a0 Wherever the true summit was, she had been there.\u00a0 If SPHP had to guess, the SE high spot at the bottom of the anchor was the true summit.\u00a0 The W prong was a close second.\u00a0 If Lupe thought differently, she didn’t say so.<\/p>\n It was time for Lupe to press on to her next peakbagging goal, Limestone Hill<\/a><\/span> (6,620 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 To get there, Lupe left the W prong of Peak 6740 taking a shortcut N\u00a0down into a small valley.\u00a0 She\u00a0then climbed back up to the three pillars high point on Peak 6740.\u00a0 She went a little farther NW,\u00a0and then turned\u00a0W following a lower ridge down through a dense forest of young trees.<\/p>\n Limestone Hill was only 0.33 mile away.\u00a0 Lupe soon came to a shallow saddle where there was a jeep trail.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP followed the old jeep trail to a slight rise, which was the summit of Limestone Hill.\u00a0 The summit area ended at a band of low limestone cliffs to the W.<\/p>\n Getting to Limestone Hill from Peak 6740 had been a snap!\u00a0\u00a0SPHP took a break.\u00a0 Lupe could have taken one, but she was too\u00a0busy.\u00a0 A chipmunk had taken refuge in a patch of low bushes at the edge of the cliff.\u00a0 Lupe searched excitedly for it, but the chipmunk had all the advantages.\u00a0 SPHP ate an apple and\u00a0checked the maps.\u00a0 Lupe’s final peakbagging objective for the day was Elliot Ridge<\/a><\/span> (6,700 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, about 3 miles NW as the crow flies.<\/p>\n Lupe couldn’t go to Elliot Ridge as the crow flies, though.\u00a0 Down in the broad open valleys to the W and N of Limestone Hill, the fields were all private property.\u00a0 Lupe would have to go S to get around it.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP\u00a0returned to the jeep trail and started following it SE.<\/p>\n The jeep trail turned out to be USFS Road No. 284.1I.\u00a0 It wound around quite a bit to the W of Peak 6740, but\u00a0eventually turned\u00a0S and\u00a0arrived at\u00a0Custer County Road No. 284.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP followed\u00a0it 0.25 mile W to its junction with the S end of USFS Road No. 291\u00a0(Ditch Creek Road).\u00a0 As soon as Lupe and SPHP reached the junction, gunfire erupted off to the N.<\/p>\n Someone had started target practice up at the Bear Mountain quarry.\u00a0 The plan had been to go N on No. 291, but Lupe would have to pass by quite close to the quarry.\u00a0 Since Lupe hates the sound of gunfire, SPHP stopped to consult the maps.\u00a0 Was there another way around to Elliot Ridge?<\/p>\n Yes, there was, but\u00a0it wasn’t\u00a0as direct.\u00a0\u00a0Unfortunately, it\u00a0was too late in the day to consider the long route.\u00a0 SPHP encouraged Lupe to head N on No. 291.\u00a0 Lupe did her best to convince SPHP deadly danger awaited.<\/p>\n With Lupe constantly insisting it was\u00a0wise to turn back, progress going N on USFS Road No. 291 was slow until a couple of squirrels and some free range cattle diverted Lupe’s attention from the gunfire.\u00a0 Fortunately, target practice ended before too long.\u00a0 Lupe was then happy to trot right along.<\/p>\n Lupe and SPHP reached the intersection with USFS Road No. 293, which goes NNE to Bear Mountain.\u00a0 On the other side of No. 291, a jeep trail led W into the forest.\u00a0 SPHP was eager to leave No. 291, and hoped the jeep trail would turn NW toward Elliot Ridge.\u00a0 It soon turned SW instead.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP left the jeep trail heading NW through the forest.<\/p>\n It wasn’t far to a small valley.\u00a0 USFS Road No. 472 was down there, but Lupe just crossed it and continued NW up onto the next ridge.\u00a0 From the top, Lupe and SPHP could see the larger Bear Spring Creek valley.\u00a0 The other side of the valley was all barren.\u00a0 This area had burned in the Jasper Fire back in August, 2000.<\/p>\n The story is that back on August 8, 2000, a woman stopped along the highway a couple miles W of Jewel Cave National Monument<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to pee.\u00a0 For some reason, she thought it would be a good idea to light a match and drop it on the ground.\u00a0 Before departing, she watched as pine needles caught fire and the fire started to spread.\u00a0 The resulting Jasper Fire burned 83,000 acres of the Black Hills.\u00a0 Elliot Ridge is in the burn area.<\/p>\n Lupe and SPHP headed down to Bear Spring Creek.\u00a0 SPHP was surprised to see it was still flowing this time of year.\u00a0 Lupe a long cool drink from the tiny creek.\u00a0 It was the only stream she had come to all day.\u00a0 From the creek, Lupe and SPHP continued NW up the other side of the valley.\u00a0 Partway up, Lupe came to a dirt road, which may have been\u00a0USFS Road No. 469.1A.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP followed\u00a0the road SW a short distance, but left it at its high point to turn NW again and keep climbing.<\/p>\n As Lupe gained elevation, she started coming to rock outcroppings at high points along the way.\u00a0 It was slow going.\u00a0 There were many dead tree trunks and branches laying on the ground, bleached by years in the sun.\u00a0 Even though the area is all in the Black Hills National Forest, Lupe\u00a0kept coming\u00a0upon\u00a0barbed wire fences, too.\u00a0 Lupe finally reached the top of the ridge.\u00a0 Despite the unbroken views, SPHP was uncertain which way Lupe needed to go to reach Elliot Ridge.<\/p>\n It was still windy and getting progressively cooler out.\u00a0 SPHP consulted the maps, but the wind was a real pest.\u00a0 SPHP finally concluded that Lupe was far enough N. \u00a0Elliot Ridge was off to the SW from here.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP headed SW staying on the highest ground possible.\u00a0 Out in the open, Lupe saw\u00a0several herds\u00a0of deer, both mule deer and whitetails.\u00a0 Of course, they also always saw Lupe and SPHP and bounded away.<\/p>\n The first big hill Lupe climbed heading SW proved to be a false summit, but the true summit of Elliot Ridge could be seen ahead from the top.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP continued on, and Lupe finally arrived at the summit of Elliot Ridge.<\/p>\n Elliot Ridge itself was not very beautiful with all the dead trees laying around.\u00a0 The fire had certainly opened up the views, though.\u00a0 In the cool wind, everything looked and felt stark and desolate.\u00a0 Lupe could see far to the SW into Wyoming.\u00a0 SPHP could even make out Laramie Peak<\/a><\/span> (10,272 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> very faintly on the farthest horizon.<\/p>\n Lupe and SPHP continued S from the summit of Elliot Ridge.\u00a0 Lupe\u00a0came to a series of\u00a0minor high points as she followed the ridgeline.\u00a0 As the sun started sinking in the W, the wind finally began to die down.\u00a0 It was really beautiful out.\u00a0 The sense of isolation was inspiring.\u00a0 On the E side of the ridge, there was a great view of the S end of the Bear Springs Creek valley N of Custer Country Road No. 284.<\/p>\n SPHP hoped for a great sunset, but it didn’t develop.\u00a0 Too many clouds moved in off to the W.\u00a0 There was never more than just a little color that could be seen.\u00a0 The world turned gray. It was dark out by the time Lupe had gone over a mile to the southernmost point on\u00a0No. 284 where it turns NE.\u00a0 A guy named Mitch came by in a pickup truck.\u00a0 Mitch very kindly offered Lupe and SPHP a ride.\u00a0 Lupe accepted immediately!\u00a0 She\u00a0thought\u00a0a ride was a splendid\u00a0idea!\u00a0 She leaped way up into the big truck without the least bit of hesitation.<\/p>\n Mitch had a cabin somewhere farther W, but he was on his way E to his father’s ranch near Crazy Horse to get his hunting dog.\u00a0 Mitch was a hunting guide, and had been out hunting coyotes.\u00a0 The wind had ruined his calls, however, and the hunt had been unsuccessful.\u00a0 Secretly, Lupe and SPHP were glad.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP are on the coyotes’ side.<\/p>\n SPHP asked to be\u00a0dropped off at Round Mountain.\u00a0 Mitch soon stopped the truck so Lupe and SPHP could get out.\u00a0 As Mitch drove off, SPHP realized the drop off point didn’t look familiar.\u00a0 The night was blacker than black.\u00a0 SPHP couldn’t see anything – not the road, not a hand held in front of SPHP’s face, nothing except a few stars.\u00a0 Good thing SPHP had brought the little flashlight!<\/p>\n Lupe\u00a0was puzzled.\u00a0 For 45 minutes, SPHP wandered repeatedly back and forth along the same stretch of\u00a0No. 284 and a side road.\u00a0 Which way was it to the G6?\u00a0 Finally SPHP figured it out.\u00a0 Lupe\u00a0arrived back at the G6\u00a0at 8:26 PM (43\u00b0F).<\/p>\n It had been a long day.\u00a0 Part of the night would have been long too, if Mitch hadn’t come along!\u00a0 Expedition No. 100 had been a\u00a04 mountain peakbagging success.\u00a0 Time to head home for a big bowl of Alpo and a\u00a0nice long snooze! 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<\/a>When the sun disappeared, Lupe and SPHP\u00a0descended from the ridgeline heading\u00a0SE down into the Bear Springs Creek valley.\u00a0 Twilight was already well advanced by the time Lupe reached Custer Country Road No. 284 at the S end of the valley.\u00a0 Lupe was still 5 or 6 miles from the G6.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP\u00a0started trudging\u00a0SE on No. 284.<\/p>\n![\"Lupe](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/adventuresoflupe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P1050585-1024x768.jpg?resize=660%2C495\")
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