{"id":651,"date":"2015-04-22T08:55:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T14:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=651"},"modified":"2020-09-21T20:06:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T02:06:32","slug":"black-hills-sd-expedition-no-127-hat-mountain-anchor-hill-custer-peak-4-19-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventuresoflupe.com\/?p=651","title":{"rendered":"Black Hills, SD Expedition No. 127 – Hat Mountain, Anchor Hill & Custer Peak (4-19-15)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since discovering the site Peakbagger.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in early May, 2014, SPHP has used Peakbagger.com to record many of Lupe’s climbs and explorations.\u00a0 Peakbagger helps keep track of which mountains Lupe has climbed along with various other statistics about Lupe’s climbing exploits.\u00a0 Peakbagger also maintains a data base on mountains worldwide including maps and all kinds of statistical information.\u00a0 Users can even add\u00a0“provisional peaks” to\u00a0the data base for review and\u00a0possible acceptance to the permanent data base.<\/p>\n

Even including the still provisional peaks, Lupe has already climbed nearly all of the Black Hills, SD\u00a0mountains currently in the Peakbagger.com data base.\u00a0 Most of the remaining ones Lupe will never climb for one reason or another.\u00a0 Some of them, like the Cathedral Spires<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (6,840 ft.)<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and Peak 6920<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, are\u00a0basically cliffs and require technical rock climbing equipment.\u00a0\u00a0Others, like Mt. Rushmore<\/a><\/span> (5,725 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a0are illegal for her to climb.\u00a0\u00a0A few\u00a0peaks are on private property where it would be difficult to get permission from the landowner.\u00a0 Thunderhead Mountain<\/a><\/span> (6,567 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0where the Crazy Horse Memorial<\/a><\/span><\/strong> carving is would be an example.<\/p>\n

However, prior to Expedition No. 127 there were still a couple of Black Hills, SD mountains in the Peakbagger.com data base that Lupe had never climbed where she might be successful.\u00a0 Both are provisional peaks.\u00a0 Hat Mountain<\/a><\/span> (4,883 <\/span>ft<\/span>.) <\/span><\/strong>(the one NW of Norris Peak<\/span><\/a> (4,982 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>, not the one S of Deerfield Reservoir) was one.\u00a0 Anchor Hill<\/a><\/span> (5,720 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0was the other.\u00a0 Lupe had already made prior attempts in 2015 to climb both of these peaks.\u00a0 Hat Mountain was a secondary goal on Expedition No. 116 (1-24-15), and a primary goal on Expedition No. 117 (1-31-15).\u00a0 Lupe never even got to Hat Mountain either time, since SPHP had started both of those expeditions from too far away (rain, fog and short daylight hours\u00a0also played a role).<\/p>\n

Lupe had tried to\u00a0find Anchor Hill on\u00a0Expedition No. 119<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0after climbing to the Meade County High Point<\/a><\/span> (5,460 ft.)<\/span><\/strong> , but the approach from Hwy 385 was confusing to SPHP and led to a dead end at the old Gilt Edge gold mine.\u00a0 On Expedition No. 120<\/a><\/span><\/strong> Anchor Hill had been the most distant possible goal, but Lupe only reached Pillar Peak after SPHP wasted a bunch of time on another dead end down in Two Bit Creek valley.\u00a0 SPHP actually thought Lupe had succeeded in climbing Anchor Hill on Expedition No. 122<\/a><\/span><\/strong> only to realize later that she had really climbed a slightly higher hill (now dubbed “Fake Anchor Hill”) about 0.5 mile to the NE of Anchor Hill.<\/p>\n

SPHP resolved that Lupe was going to find and climb both Hat Mountain and Anchor Hill, or find out why she couldn’t, on Expedition No. 127.\u00a0 At last Lupe would have done all that she could do to climb all of the Black Hills, SD peaks currently in the Peakbagger.com data base.<\/p>\n

At 10:18 AM, SPHP parked the G6 at the intersection of Norris Peak Road and Geary Blvd, a point just a little over 0.5 mile S of Hat Mountain.\u00a0 This was a much,\u00a0much\u00a0closer starting point to Hat Mountain than Lupe had on either Expedition No. 116 or No. 117.\u00a0 There were scattered little puffy clouds racing across the mostly sunny sky driven by a 25 mph NNW wind.\u00a0 With the wind, the 40\u00b0F temperature seemed a bit chilly.\u00a0 Fortunately, most of the time the forest provided considerable relief from the wind.<\/p>\n

This time, Lupe had no problem getting to Hat Mountain.\u00a0 A very nice brief hike along mostly level ground through a forest\u00a0crisscrossed by\u00a0all kinds of little roads and trails brought Lupe to the SW slope of Hat Mountain in what seemed like no time at all.\u00a0 (For an even shorter hike to Hat Mountain, take USFS Road No. 721 from Norris Peak Road.\u00a0 No. 721 passes just S of Hat Mountain.)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The small cliffs along the S side of Hat Mountain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hat Mountain wasn’t really all that much of a climb.\u00a0 However, it still wasn’t certain in SPHP’s mind that Lupe could reach the top.\u00a0 SPHP had seen Hat Mountain from a distance before many times.\u00a0 From a distance Hat Mountain appeared round,\u00a0and near\u00a0the top it seemed to be surrounded by a ring of\u00a0solid rock cliffs.\u00a0 It remained to be seen if the cliffs extended\u00a0all the way around the mountain top or not.\u00a0 Lupe was soon at the base of the cliffs on the SW slope.\u00a0 The cliffs were only maybe 20-30 feet high, but there was no way up them for Lupe here.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
In the cleft in the small cliffs on the SE side of Hat Mountain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe started scouting around the mountain near the base of the cliffs along the S and then SE side.\u00a0 On the SE side was a\u00a0narrow\u00a0cleft in the rocks with a steep, but easy way up.\u00a0 In just a few minutes, Lupe had climbed\u00a0up the cleft and gone on up to the summit of Hat Mountain.\u00a0 Success!\u00a0 Already, only Anchor Hill remained to be conquered.<\/p>\n

\"Norris<\/a>
Norris Peak (L) and Thrall Mountain<\/a><\/span> (5,091 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(R) from Hat Mountain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Norris<\/a>
Norris Peak to the SE from Hat Mountain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Success!<\/a>
Quick & easy success! Lupe on the Hat Mountain summit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe wandered around\u00a0exploring on top of Hat Mountain for\u00a010 minutes or so while SPHP checked\u00a0to see if there were other easier\u00a0routes down.\u00a0 The cliffs went pretty much all the way around the summit, but they were highest to the S.\u00a0 In many places on other sides\u00a0of the mountain, the cliffs were only\u00a010-15 feet high or even less.\u00a0 There\u00a0proved to be\u00a0several places where there were ways up or down without any problem.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
On the little cliffs at the NNW end of Hat Mountain, just above the easy way down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe and SPHP took a very easy route down on the NNW side of Hat Mountain.\u00a0 From there Lupe headed S along the W side of the mountain just below the cliffs.\u00a0 Once completely down from Hat Mountain, Lupe headed S through the forest.\u00a0 She eventually came\u00a0to the edge of a small cliff perhaps 10-20 feet tall.\u00a0 Lupe then headed E along the rocky\u00a0rim of the cliff.\u00a0 Before long the\u00a0rocks and\u00a0cliffs\u00a0played out, but by then Lupe was already pretty close to the G6.\u00a0 She reached the G6 again at 11:28 AM.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
On the rim rock ledge a short hike S of Hat Mountain. Thrall Mountain is the highest point seen just to the R of the tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anchor Hill was quite some distance away, so Lupe enjoyed a ride through the hills while SPHP drove to Galena about 5 or 6 miles SE of Deadwood.\u00a0 Back in the late 1800’s, Galena was a thriving mining camp for a few years, but eventually became a ghost town.\u00a0 These days Galena is no longer a ghost town.\u00a0 There are quite a few homes and cabins in the area scattered along Bear Butte Creek.\u00a0 The homes and cabins vary tremendously in size, age and condition.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Lupe at Galena.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"OK...<\/a>
Umm …. OK …. will we even know if we hit one?\u00a0 Lupe stares closely at the road trying to discern any ghosts.\u00a0 If she saw any, she never told SPHP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SPHP drove through Galena and\u00a0continued on\u00a0Galena Road perhaps 0.25 or 0.50 mile to a big wide spot in the road and parked the G6 at 12:35 PM.\u00a0 This wide spot was\u00a0a short distance\u00a0from a sign indicating the end of county road maintenance.\u00a0 The puffy clouds in the sky were now bigger than before, but it was still sunny out.\u00a0 Surprisingly, even next to Bear Butte Creek the wind was blowing hard down through the deep canyon.\u00a0 The plan was to hike from Galena up through Butcher Gulch to an area just NE of Anchor Hill.<\/p>\n

Lupe and SPHP headed back up Galena Road.\u00a0 SPHP had\u00a0seen a sign along a side road\u00a0crossing Bear Butte Creek to the\u00a0N for public access through private land to Butcher Gulch.\u00a0 Lupe took this side road to enter Butcher Gulch.\u00a0 Soon the private property was left behind.\u00a0 Lupe came to a sign for the Vinegar Hill cemetery, where a little road in poor condition led up a steep hill to the left (W).\u00a0 Lupe had no bones to bury, so she skipped the cemetery.<\/p>\n

\"Twin<\/a>
Twin rock spires on the way up the narrow rocky road in Butcher Gulch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The road up Butcher Gulch wasn’t that great either.\u00a0 It was narrow and rather rocky.\u00a0 Pretty soon Lupe reached a fork in the road.\u00a0 The best part of the road swung around the hillside switch-backing above where Lupe had just been and then disappeared from view.\u00a0 A very rocky and narrow road continued on straight ahead.\u00a0 SPHP guessed that straight ahead was probably the correct choice, which it later proved to be.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Two of the three limestone walls forming a big terrace in Butcher Gulch. Part of some old mining operation?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The road up Butcher Gulch is\u00a0the type of road only a shocks, struts and tire salesperson could love.\u00a0 Unsurprisingly, SPHP found a couple of vehicle parts for recycling along the way.\u00a0 Happily,\u00a0this\u00a0poor excuse for a\u00a0road\u00a0made a great hiking trail.\u00a0 Butcher Gulch was full\u00a0of squirrels to bark at and Lupe had a blast.\u00a0 There was absolutely no one else around, which was perfect.\u00a0 In addition to squirrels, highlights along the way up Butcher Gulch included a little creek, a couple of unusual pointy up rocks, and a terrace of three\u00a0limestone walls positioned one above another (probably somehow connected with some old mining operation).<\/p>\n

The climb up Butcher Gulch was unrelenting, but Lupe did finally reach the upper end of the gulch.\u00a0 Fortunately, the terrible road had gone all the way up the gulch and now intersected a better road.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP went across this new road and took a break up on a small hill.\u00a0 Lupe had her usual water and Taste of the Wild.\u00a0 SPHP had the usual apple and pored over maps in between scans of\u00a0the nearby terrain.<\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe\u00a0on “Fake Anchor Hill”. SPHP recognized this pipe with a block of wood on it from when Lupe was here on Expedition No. 122.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The highest ground nearby was a hill just to the NE.\u00a0 SPHP suspected this was the same hill, now known as Fake Anchor Hill, that Lupe had climbed back on Expedition No. 122<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 At the time, SPHP had believed it was Anchor Hill, but later concluded otherwise.\u00a0 After the break, the first thing\u00a0Lupe did\u00a0was to climb this hill\u00a0to see if it really was Fake Anchor Hill.\u00a0 Sure enough, it was.\u00a0 That meant that the real Anchor Hill was still about 0.5 mile to the SW.<\/p>\n

Lupe and SPHP left Fake Anchor Hill and headed SW.\u00a0 SPHP used topo maps and the curvature of the road encountered at the top of Butcher Gulch to navigate towards Anchor Hill.\u00a0 Everything was matching up.\u00a0 Anchor Hill was marked on the map as being just to the S of this same road about 0.25 mile SW of the intersection\u00a0at the top of Butcher Gulch.\u00a0 All along\u00a0the S side of the\u00a0road, however, was a barbed\u00a0wire fence\u00a0with frequent signs saying “Danger” and\/or “No Trespassing”.\u00a0 One said “EPA Superfund Site 2012”.\u00a0 Peering S from the road up through the forest,\u00a0SPHP could see that Anchor Hill ended abruptly perhaps 40 feet in elevation above the road.<\/p>\n

\"Anchors<\/a>
Anchors aweigh! Lupe learned that the original Anchor Hill\u00a0set sail and\u00a0moved! The top of Anchor Hill was removed by the Gilt Edge gold mining operation\u00a0and apparently\u00a0repositioned S to the big tailings pile seen here. The tailings pile appears to be a little bit higher than Anchor Hill\u00a0ever was.\u00a0 Thus ended Lupe’s ambition to climb the original Anchor Hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SPHP was now certain that Lupe would never climb Anchor Hill.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The top 20 or 30 feet of elevation, at least as shown on the Peakbagger.com topo map, is no longer there.\u00a0 The summit of Anchor Hill had weighed anchor and set sail to the S or SE where it is now part of a big tailings pile, helped along by the former Gilt Edge gold mining operation.\u00a0 So Lupe’s\u00a0quest to climb Anchor Hill, which had been a potential goal of four expeditions,\u00a0had been\u00a0doomed to failure all along.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There was no question of climbing the tailings pile, as it\u00a0is\u00a0also clearly mining property.\u00a0 Interestingly enough, the tailing pile looks to be slightly higher than Anchor Hill\u00a0originally was.<\/p>\n

SPHP took consolation in the fact that Lupe had now at least climbed Fake Anchor Hill to the NE\u00a0twice, which was a higher hill than Anchor Hill had ever been.\u00a0 Anchor Hill was only a provisional peak on Peakbagger\u00a0anyway.\u00a0 It’s hardly likely to be accepted as part of the Peakbagger.com permanent mountain data base having gone AWOL.<\/p>\n

Anchor Hill is\u00a0shown on SPHP’s old USFS maps, but why remains a mystery.\u00a0 There were other hills just as high or higher nearby.\u00a0 What was so special about Anchor Hill?\u00a0 One thing was special about it for sure, there must have been some gold there to encourage the Gilt Edge mine people to go to so much trouble.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
On a rare decent stretch of the road in Butch Gulch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe and SPHP headed back down Butcher Gulch again\u00a0on the way\u00a0back to the G6.\u00a0 Lupe had lots of\u00a0fun again.\u00a0 She certainly was taking the\u00a0decapitation of Anchor Hill in stride.\u00a0 Going downhill was so easy and pleasant that even SPHP was soon in a great mood again.\u00a0 It was 47\u00b0F and 4:23 PM when Lupe reached the G6.\u00a0 Still hours of daylight left and time to do something else!<\/p>\n

SPHP had been considering what else Lupe might do\u00a0on\u00a0the way down Butcher Gulch.\u00a0\u00a0 Peakbagger.com really needed a decent photo of Custer Peak<\/a><\/span> (6,804 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 About 0.5 mile to the WSW of Custer Peak was\u00a0a 6,600 ft. high ridge from which a very nice photo of Custer Peak might be obtained.\u00a0 There was even time for Lupe to climb Custer Peak for the third time.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
NE of Custer Peak along the road from Brownsville (Boondocks).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So Lupe and SPHP got in the G6 and headed back through Galena.\u00a0\u00a0After a little side trip for a photo of Custer Peak from the NE, SPHP\u00a0wound up parking the G6 at a sharp turn in USFS Road No. 216 at 5:06 PM.\u00a0 Custer Peak was now 0.5 mile to the NW, although a much greater distance along the road.\u00a0\u00a0During the drive from Galena,\u00a0the weather had changed.\u00a0 Now big clouds\u00a0covered most of the sky.\u00a0 It was only 35\u00b0F and occasional snow squalls were sweeping over the area.\u00a0 The wind was still roaring up in the trees.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP started hiking up USFS Road No. 216.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Approaching Custer Peak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe and SPHP followed USFS Road No. 216 up to a side road that goes all the way up to the lookout tower.\u00a0 About 100 feet in elevation from the top, a thin sheet of ice covered about 2\/3 of the ground.\u00a0 The wind wasn’t too bad until the last 50 feet.\u00a0 There it was a steady 30 mph gale out of the N.\u00a0 Mentally SPHP thanked the Canadians for their traditional generosity with their healthy and undeniably fresh air, but Lupe wasn’t so sure.<\/p>\n

At the lookout tower, Lupe and SPHP took shelter from the wind\u00a0at the S corner of the tower.\u00a0 Lupe had icicles hanging down from the fur on her belly, but that didn’t seem to bother her.\u00a0 She didn’t want to stay in an extra jacket SPHP had brought along to warm her up.\u00a0 She eagerly ate some Taste of the Wild.\u00a0 SPHP ate the last apple.\u00a0 The view was pretty awesome.\u00a0 To the E of the Black Hills, the prairie was all lit up in sunlight.\u00a0 Bear Butte<\/span><\/a> (4,422 ft.)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0was glowing in the light.\u00a0 The W edge of the Black Hills had some sunlight and fewer clouds too.\u00a0 But all of the heart of the Black Hills was in shadow and snow showers could be seen here and there.<\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe on the rock wall at the ranger tower on Custer Peak. Photo looks SW towards snow squalls sweeping the region. Lupe was most anxious for SPHP to get some sense and head down out of the N wind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe could only be persuaded to pose for one photo up on the N side of the lookout tower exposed to the relentless wind.\u00a0 She clearly wanted to leave and head down the mountain.\u00a0\u00a0Lupe is the\u00a0brains in this operation, so when the wind showed no signs of giving any respite, SPHP conformed to her wishes.\u00a0 The retreat down the mountain along the road was actually pretty pleasant soon after leaving the totally exposed summit.\u00a0 SPHP did manage to get a couple of photos from just below the summit\u00a0looking WSW toward the 6,600 foot ridge\u00a0about 0.5 mile to the WSW.\u00a0 SPHP was hoping\u00a0to get over there for a nice photo of Custer Peak.<\/p>\n

\"Still<\/a>
Still very close to the summit of Custer Peak, this photo looks WSW towards the nearby\u00a06,600 foot ridge. Lupe later posed for photos of Custer Peak from the snowiest high spot on the ridge seen here as a white patch above and just to the left of Lupe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe was happy going down the mountain.\u00a0 The wind at the top was her whole objection.\u00a0 At the saddle between Custer Peak and the 6,600 foot ridge to the WSW, she was quite happy to follow SPHP away from the road and up through the dense forest and maze of deadfall timber.\u00a0 Amazingly this little trek up to the 6,600 foot ridge proved to be the most satisfying part of the day.<\/p>\n

Little intermittent snow showers pelted the area with round mini-ice balls instead of normal fluffy snowflakes.\u00a0 With the sun getting low, at times the forest seemed dark and forlorn.\u00a0\u00a0But a\u00a0little layer of snow on the ground brightened the setting.\u00a0 Every now and then the sun made a brief brilliant appearance up on Custer Peak.\u00a0 The clean fresh snow and brisk air seemed wonderful after\u00a0the warm dry Expedition No. 126<\/a><\/strong><\/span> just 8 days earlier.<\/p>\n

\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe near the top of the 6,600 foot ridge, but before reaching it. SPHP snapped this quick photo of Custer Peak not knowing if the sun would still be out by the time Lupe could get to the top of the ridge. It was!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The climb got steeper and steeper.\u00a0 Near the top, Lupe and SPHP were\u00a0at the edge of a little cliff along a spine of the mountain.\u00a0 The sun broke through and shone on the surrounding forest.\u00a0 The snow was pure white, the spruce tree needles bright green, Lupe’s fur a glowing golden brown, and the sky a clear light blue above.\u00a0 The wind was fresh\u00a0and exhilarating, and not so strong as up on Custer Peak.\u00a0 SPHP hoped Lupe could make it to the top of the 6,600 foot ridge in time for a photo\u00a0of Custer Peak before clouds hid the sun again.<\/p>\n

\"Custer<\/a>
Custer Peak from the top of the 6,600 foot ridge to the WSW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lupe<\/a>
Lupe in the last rays of sunlight on the 6,600 foot ridge. This was the photo of Custer Peak that SPHP chose to add to Peakbagger.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She did!\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP were in beautiful slanting sunlight for 10 minutes or so at the top of the 6,600 foot ridge.\u00a0 Lupe posed for several photos of Custer Peak.\u00a0 And then it was over.\u00a0 The sun sank beneath the last big cloud to the WNW.\u00a0 A hoped for glorious sunset never materialized.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP headed down the steep W slope off the 6,600 foot ridge.\u00a0 The slope was much steeper than SPHP had anticipated, but\u00a0fortunately no cliffs were encountered.\u00a0 Heading S as much as possible, Lupe and SPHP worked their way down through the maze of deadfall timber on the W slope.<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/a>
Big clue to SPHP that it might be time to head down from the 6,600 foot ridge and put an end to Expedition No. 127.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After losing maybe 200 or 250 feet, the ground began to level out.\u00a0 SPHP continued to lead Lupe S or SSW as much as possible.\u00a0 SPHP knew that USFS Road No. 216 couldn’t be too far away to the S.\u00a0 Lupe and SPHP had been in the area many expeditions ago.\u00a0 Soon No. 216 was found and could be followed all the way back to the G6.\u00a0 It was a great hike and over too soon.\u00a0 There was still some light in the sky when Lupe arrived back at the G6 at 8:04 PM.\u00a0 The G6 said it was 32\u00b0F.\u00a0 That didn’t stop Lupe from sticking her nose out the window to sniff the cold air for miles on the way home.<\/p>\n

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