The thick haze that had persisted all day on Expedition No. 171 was gone.\u00a0 The air was a crisp, crystalline blue.\u00a0 Not a cloud was in the sky.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP were both in high spirits, making good progress along the road.\u00a0 The first point of interest came as the road angled NE.\u00a0 A cold, clear rivulet poured down the steep\u00a0hillside\u00a0SE of the road between mossy banks.<\/p>\n Lupe wasn’t thirsty yet, so she just went on.\u00a0 She was surprised when a big mud puddle covering most of the road turned out to have a thin coat of ice.\u00a0 Lupe passed several big\u00a0iced-over puddles.\u00a0 Near one of them, SPHP spotted a Lupe Treasure.\u00a0 The aluminum beer can turned out to be heavy.\u00a0 It was full of ice, too.\u00a0 SPHP decided to move it from the ditch into a sunnier spot where the ice would melt.\u00a0 Lupe could claim her treasure on the way back to the G6 at the end of the day.<\/p>\n Annie Creek could now be heard down in the deep forested valley to the NW.\u00a0 Lupe was more than\u00a01.5 miles from the G6 by the time the road curved N, and went over a high embankment above Annie Creek.\u00a0 Lupe saw Annie Creek, which\u00a0had surprisingly good flow, but did not\u00a0leave the road to run\u00a0down to it.<\/p>\n The road divided on the NW side of the creek.\u00a0 The main\u00a0road went NE following Annie Creek upstream.\u00a0 A lesser, but still good road went W.\u00a0 The topo map showed that this road would\u00a0gain elevation slowly while working\u00a0around the W end of a big hill to the N.\u00a0 Eventually, it would turn E, arriving after 2 miles\u00a0at a point less than 0.5 mile S of Lupe’s first peakbagging goal, Elk Mountain<\/span><\/a> (6,422 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP left the main road heading W on the lesser road.<\/p>\n Everything was going great!\u00a0 It was all so easy.\u00a0 The lesser road started curving around to the NW.\u00a0 Suddenly it ended.<\/p>\n Looking down into the steep ravine ahead, it was possible to see a couple of big old cement foundations and some collapsed timbers.\u00a0 The road didn’t use to end here, there must have been some kind of trestle bridging the gap.\u00a0 Trees kind of hid the other side, but it did look like the road\u00a0still continued NW on the other side of the gap.<\/p>\n Going\u00a0down the S\u00a0end of the gap seemed easy enough, but climbing up the N end looked pretty steep.\u00a0 It didn’t appear too bad, though.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP went down into the gap to get a closer look.<\/p>\n Lupe and SPHP climbed up the steep N side of the gap.\u00a0 It wasn’t too bad going up, and less than a 50 foot climb, but SPHP hoped there weren’t any more gaps in the road ahead.\u00a0 SPHP didn’t relish the prospect of going back down this way, if Lupe had to turn around.<\/p>\n The road did continue NW from the N side of the gap, but the view wasn’t entirely encouraging.\u00a0 This part of the road was full of rocks and boulders that had fallen down the steep slope to the NE.\u00a0 Trees were growing on the old roadbed.\u00a0 It didn’t look like this part of the road got used at all any more.<\/p>\n Lupe didn’t have to go very far N before SPHP’s fears were confirmed.\u00a0 Another gap was dead ahead.\u00a0 This one was even bigger, steeper, deeper and wider.\u00a0 One look at it, and SPHP knew Lupe couldn’t continue on this way.<\/p>\n SPHP didn’t want to back down that N slope of the 1st gap, but crossing the 2nd gap wasn’t an option at all.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP had to turn around.\u00a0 SPHP searched the steep slope to the NE.\u00a0 Was there a way up there?\u00a0 It was the only other possibility.<\/p>\n The NE slope was steepest down right next to\u00a0the road where part of the hillside had been carved out\u00a0during road construction.\u00a0 About 50 feet up,\u00a0the slope\u00a0wasn’t quite as steep.\u00a0 Only one spot offered a possible reasonable\u00a0route up.\u00a0 From the very top of the steepest part of the bank, a fallen tree slanted down\u00a0at an angle for about 30 feet.\u00a0\u00a0The upper\u00a0end of the trunk was wedged against a big living pine.\u00a0 The lower end was firmly wedged between big rocks.\u00a0\u00a0This tree trunk looked very\u00a0stable, and getting to the lower end of it appeared relatively easy.<\/p>\n So, Lupe and SPHP tried going up the steep NE slope using the fallen tree for support.\u00a0 No problems!\u00a0 It worked just fine.\u00a0 SPHP still had to crawl up the\u00a0higher slope\u00a0for quite some distance.\u00a0 Very gradually, it became less steep.\u00a0 Near the top, SPHP was able to walk again.\u00a0 After gaining 200-300 feet of elevation, the ground finally leveled out.\u00a0 Whew!\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP took a breather at a rock outcropping at the edge of the slope.<\/p>\n Lupe had some Taste of the Wild and water.\u00a0 SPHP checked the topo map.\u00a0 From here Lupe needed to keep climbing while following the sweep of the ridge.\u00a0 However, it wouldn’t be nearly as steep from here on.<\/p>\n SPHP had not planned for Lupe to ever be on this ridge, but now she was.\u00a0 Everything went fine, though.\u00a0 At first Lupe went SE climbing the now gently sloping ridge.\u00a0 Before long, the ridge turned NE.\u00a0 Lupe continued gaining a little elevation.\u00a0 Somewhere far below\u00a0to the SE was\u00a0Annie Creek.\u00a0 Lupe was so high above it, SPHP couldn’t even\u00a0hear the creek.<\/p>\n Close to a mile\u00a0from\u00a0where Lupe and SPHP had reached the top of the steep slope, Lupe could see a\u00a0huge pile of mine tailings up ahead.\u00a0 It looked like a completely\u00a0barren\u00a0mountain.<\/p>\n Lupe reached a dirt road as she got closer to the mine tailings.\u00a0 Lupe followed the dirt road N.\u00a0 The top of Elk Mountain was now in view up ahead.<\/p>\n The dirt road quickly dead-ended.\u00a0 Lupe continued NNE through the forest.\u00a0 Elk Mountain looked like it would be easiest to climb from the E.\u00a0 Lupe reached a fence at the edge of the mining property.\u00a0 She stayed W of it, still trying to head NNE.\u00a0 A constant sound of machinery in operation was getting louder and louder.<\/p>\n A big area covered with a black liner came into view.\u00a0 A small pond of water was at the lower end.\u00a0 Trucks could now be heard.\u00a0 The mine was definitely in operation.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP stayed away from it in the forest.\u00a0 Lupe had to cross a little valley to get to where she could start climbing Elk Mountain.\u00a0 There were a few unmarked roads along in here, but Lupe didn’t follow any of them very far.\u00a0 She climbed Elk Mountain<\/span><\/a> (6,422 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0from the S and then E.<\/p>\n Although SPHP’s old USFS map showed Elk Mountain to be in the Black Hills National Forest with private property nearby, there were plenty of signs of human habitation near the top.\u00a0 At the summit, a tall post stuck up out of a small pile of rocks.\u00a0 Nearby was a\u00a0short building with windows.\u00a0 The building was shaped like it might house a hot tub.\u00a0 SPHP peered inside.<\/p>\n There was no hot tub.\u00a0 The strange little building appeared to be a child’s playhouse.\u00a0 In a way, it was sort of a glorified tree fort with the lofty summit of Elk Mountain substituting in lieu of a treetop.\u00a0 Sadly, it looked like no child had played here in a long time.<\/p>\n Lupe and SPHP took another rest break up on Elk Mountain.\u00a0 SPHP had an apple.\u00a0 Lupe had Taste of the Wild.\u00a0 Water for all, of course.\u00a0 Lupe shared a peanut butter granola bar with SPHP.\u00a0 American Dingoes love granola bars!<\/p>\n There were clear views toward the S.\u00a0 The most impressive view was SE toward the nearby mine.\u00a0 Terry Peak<\/a><\/span> (7,064 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> and Deer Mountain<\/a><\/span> (6,652 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> were both in view farther off in the same direction.\u00a0 Trees blocked most of the views to the N and W, although it was possible to get a glimpse of Cement Ridge<\/a><\/span> (6,674 ft.) <\/span><\/strong>in Wyoming to the W.<\/p>\n Lupe’s next peakbagging goal, Ragged Top Mountain,\u00a0was about a mile away to the NW as the crow flies.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP had to go farther than that to get there.\u00a0 Lupe went down the NE slope of Elk Mountain.\u00a0 On the way she spotted the greatest hoard ever of Lupe Treasures!\u00a0 It was a veritable aluminum mine!\u00a0 SPHP left the vast glittering riches where they were.<\/p>\n Farther down the mountain, Lupe came to a road.\u00a0\u00a0She followed it NW down to Preston, where there were a couple of decaying buildings.\u00a0 From Preston, Lupe and SPHP headed back into the forest, and\u00a0up the SE ridge to the top of Ragged Top Mountain<\/a><\/span> (6,200 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Ragged Top Mountain has two highpoints, both areas enclosed by the 6,200 foot contour.\u00a0 The topo map showed the E high point had a much larger area enclosed by the contour.\u00a0 SPHP consequently expected the true summit would probably be found here.\u00a0 Lupe reached the E high point first.\u00a0 She found a ridge of rock that dropped steeply off to the S.<\/p>\n SPHP had caught a glimpse of the W high point from Elk Mountain.\u00a0 It looked far more rugged, or perhaps “ragged” than the E part of\u00a0Ragged Top Mountain.\u00a0 After visiting the E high point, Lupe and SPHP enjoyed an easy stroll most of the way over to the W high point.<\/p>\n Actually getting to the top of the W high point involved a steeper, more peak-like climb.\u00a0 It was still an easy scramble, but left both Lupe and SPHP more impressed with the W high point than the E one.\u00a0 The W summit\u00a0also featured a\u00a0rock\u00a0ledge dropping steeply off to the S.\u00a0\u00a0However, the W high point had superior\u00a0open views from the SE around to the W.\u00a0 Right away, Lupe found a survey benchmark on a rock next to the very highest one.<\/p>\n The views were so nice, the sky so clear, and the temperature so pleasant, that Lupe and SPHP spent quite a while relaxing up on the W high point.\u00a0 Lupe had her Taste of the Wild, and part of another peanut butter granola bar.\u00a0 SPHP polished off the orange.\u00a0 Lupe tried to doze in the sun, but didn’t look too comfortable on the rocks.<\/p>\n Eventually, it was time to press on toward Twin Peaks<\/span><\/a> (6,000 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, Lupe’s final peakbagging goal of the day.\u00a0 On the way down the W high point of Ragged Top, there was a spot where SPHP could see the two peaks Lupe had climbed a week ago on Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 171 – Little Crow Peak<\/span><\/a> (5,885 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> and Spearfish Peak<\/span><\/a> (5,800\u00a0ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Lupe and SPHP returned briefly to the E high point of Ragged Top Mountain.\u00a0 From there, Lupe continued E to the edge of the high ground.\u00a0 Twin Peaks is about 1.5 miles NE of Ragged Top as the crow flies.\u00a0 SPHP wanted to get an idea what it looked like before leaving Ragged Top, but forest partially blocked the view.<\/p>\n Located at the N end of a ridge almost as high, Twin Peaks didn’t really stand out.\u00a0 SPHP checked the topo map pretty carefully, comparing it to\u00a0what could be seen of the view.\u00a0 SPHP still wasn’t entirely certain which forested bump out there was Twin Peaks.\u00a0 Well, Lupe, it isn’t that far away, and the intervening ground isn’t all that rugged.\u00a0 We may as well just head NE.\u00a0 We will find it!<\/p>\n After a little trek N along the E edge of Ragged Top, Lupe headed E down into the forest.\u00a0\u00a0Reaching\u00a0the valley floor, she crossed the road in the grassy field N of Preston.\u00a0 Lupe went ENE up the next forested ridge and crossed it, too.\u00a0\u00a0Down into another small\u00a0valley, which had to have been Long Valley, and up the next ridge.\u00a0 A road led E to a better dirt road where Lupe turned N.\u00a0 Twin Peaks could now be seen up ahead.\u00a0 Even this close, it wasn’t very impressive, just a comparatively small hill on the ridge.<\/p>\n Lupe came to the\u00a0S peak first.\u00a0 The top was covered with low bushes.<\/p>\n There wasn’t much to see on the S peak.\u00a0 Lupe paused there only long enough for her summit photo before continuing on to the N peak, which was only a few minutes hike away.\u00a0 The N peak was more interesting, and definitely a little higher than the S peak.\u00a0 This was the true summit of Twin Peaks<\/span><\/a> (6,000 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n The views would have been better from the N peak, but it was buried in a dense forest.\u00a0 Once again, Lupe remained only long enough for her summit photo and a few minutes of sniffing around.\u00a0 SPHP had seen a rather nice view back to the S toward Elk Mountain while walking up the S peak.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP went back there for another look.<\/p>\n Lupe had now achieved all of her peakbagging goals for the day.\u00a0 It was already early evening, but the sun would still be up for a while longer.\u00a0 It was time for Lupe to start back toward the G6.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP went S from Twin Peaks, and got on the dirt road heading that direction.\u00a0 Lupe started regaining elevation slowly, but steadily.<\/p>\n Off to the NE, there was a view of a big hill that SPHP had earlier thought might be Twin Peaks.\u00a0 Now SPHP knew it wasn’t.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP stopped briefly to take a photo of it.\u00a0 A check of the maps later revealed it had to be Richmond Hill (6,040 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Lupe had never been there.\u00a0 Maybe she will some day!<\/p>\n The sun was getting sort of low, but it looked like Lupe should have time to return to the top of Elk Mountain one more time.\u00a0 SPHP hoped the road Lupe was on would eventually turn SW toward Elk Mountain, but it didn’t.\u00a0 Instead the road came to a high point where it turned sharply E.<\/p>\n Well, E was no help at all.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP left the road going WSW toward Elk Mountain.\u00a0 Lupe lost quite a bit of elevation again crossing a valley.\u00a0 On the other side of the valley, she started regaining it.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP climbed up the ENE side of Elk Mountain, making it to the top for the 2nd time.\u00a0 The views were even prettier in the evening light.<\/p>\n Lupe and SPHP couldn’t stay very long.\u00a0 The sun was getting low, and Lupe had to find a new route back to the G6!\u00a0 There was no way she was going back by way of the steep terrain she had to climb on her way to Elk Mountain the first time.\u00a0 There was one more thing to do, though, first.<\/p>\n On the way down Elk Mountain, Lupe and SPHP\u00a0stopped by the big hoard of Lupe Treasures!\u00a0 SPHP stuffed\u00a0three plastic grocery bags full of them.\u00a0 Five times the amount SPHP could carry had to be left behind, but there wasn’t any choice.\u00a0 One of the bags got stuffed in the backpack.\u00a0 SPHP found a stick to use as a handle for carrying the other two.<\/p>\n By the time Lupe was down in forest W of the big mining operation again, a fiery\u00a0orange sun was glowing on the horizon.\u00a0 Lupe reached the road N of the Annie Creek valley as twilight was already starting to fade.\u00a0 SPHP hoped the road would take Lupe down into Annie Creek valley, but didn’t bother to check the maps when the road forked.<\/p>\n One branch of the road went E.\u00a0 The other went S.\u00a0 SPHP took the road S, since it was the most direct route to Annie Creek.\u00a0 Wrong move!\u00a0 After losing modest elevation, the road dead-ended at the edge of a steep slope.\u00a0 Annie Creek could be heard, but not seen far below.<\/p>\n SPHP scouted around.\u00a0 There was a glimpse of Annie Creek Road down below!\u00a0 It wasn’t far away, but a lot of elevation had to be lost to get to it.\u00a0 The forested slope was steep, but looked reasonable.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP started down, hoping cliffs weren’t hidden below.<\/p>\n The slope got steeper, but Lupe didn’t come to any cliffs.\u00a0 SPHP did have to go ever\u00a0more slowly and carefully.\u00a0 Lupe wandered this way and that.\u00a0 She had no problems traversing this kind of stuff.\u00a0 She was having a good time sniffing around.\u00a0 Meanwhile, twilight was fading fast.\u00a0 With each step, SPHP sent little showers of rocks cascading down the mountain.\u00a0 The terrain forced SPHP toward a steep ravine.<\/p>\n Suddenly, one of the sacks full of Lupe Treasures caught on something, ripping loose from the stick.\u00a0 Lupe Treasures spilled out as the sack tumbled 20 feet down before coming to rest.\u00a0 Just lovely!\u00a0 SPHP went carefully down to the damaged sack, gathering the Lupe Treasures back up again.\u00a0 The loose\u00a0sack was too badly damaged to be used now.<\/p>\n SPHP pulled the sack in the backpack out, and attached it to the stick.\u00a0 All the Lupe Treasures from the damaged sack went directly in the backpack.\u00a0 By the time SPHP had gathered up all the scattered Lupe Treasures, it was dark enough to have to use a flashlight.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP resumed the steep trek down.\u00a0 SPHP had to stay in the ravine navigating through loose rocks, juniper bushes, trees and occasional deadfall.<\/p>\n In the darkness, Lupe trotted easily back and forth across the ravine, her tail waving happily, as if to show SPHP how to do it.\u00a0 SPHP couldn’t.\u00a0 Advantage, Carolina Dog!\u00a0 Finally, however, the ravine got a little less steep.\u00a0 Looking down, SPHP saw Lupe standing on Annie Creek Road.\u00a0 Sweet!\u00a0 SPHP joined her in just a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n The rest of the way back was easy, or should have been.\u00a0 All Lupe and SPHP had to do was follow nearly level Annie Creek Road the entire way.\u00a0 However, carting all of the Lupe Treasures, while holding the flashlight,\u00a0plus trying to keep the camera from swaying wildly on its strap with each step, took both of SPHP’s hands.<\/p>\n Thoughtlessly, SPHP rubbed an itchy right eye with a finger, cleverly placing three molecules of sunscreen in the eye.\u00a0 The result was a stinging sensation, and\u00a0subsequent release of a cascade of tears from\u00a0the offended\u00a0right eye\u00a0which insisted on closing tight.\u00a0 One-eyed SPHP lost all depth perception of the faintly lit road.\u00a0 It didn’t help that the left eye wanted to close in sympathy with the right one, too.<\/p>\n Lupe trotted happily on ahead in the darkness.\u00a0 SPHP trudged slowly along Annie Creek Road, weeping from the right eye and trying to avoid the big mud puddles, while still managing to hang on to everything.\u00a0 When Lupe found the aluminum can that had been full of ice where SPHP had left it to melt in the morning, SPHP stopped to add it to Lupe’s Treasure collection.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, draining the water out of the can released a ghastly, putrid odor.\u00a0 As Uncle Peanut used to say, it was “enough to gag a maggot”.\u00a0 SPHP almost abandoned the can right then and there, but thought better of it and managed to stuff it in one of the sacks on the stick.\u00a0 Yuck!\u00a0 SPHP didn’t like the idea of putting it in the G6, even in the\u00a0trunk.<\/p>\n Lupe and SPHP continued on in the darkness – Lupe sniffing along as happy as ever; SPHP carting a clanking collection of\u00a0dreadfully stinking Lupe Treasures, weeping from one eye, and trying not to stumble on rocks on the road due to a lack of depth perception.<\/p>\n When Lupe raced ahead, SPHP knew it was finally\u00a0over.\u00a0 She had seen the G6 (10:02 PM, 32\u00b0F).\u00a0 SPHP was busy loading all the gear into the G6,\u00a0and Lupe’s stinking treasure\u00a0hoard into the trunk, when suddenly an owl hooted close by.\u00a0 Lupe reacted like she had seen (or heard)\u00a0a ghost, immediately leaping into\u00a0the safety of the\u00a0G6.\u00a0 To SPHP, though, the owl just seemed to 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