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| Although there is no "official" trail, the well worn foot path begins from the Bullion Pasture Trailhead (11,000 ft) . . . From this picture you can see the ridgeline we will be hiking to Copper Belt Peak which is a mile beyond the "pointy peak" on the left side of the picture |
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| The trail is fairly easy to follow . . . However, it does fade in and out, but is never too hard to relocate |
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| Once on the ridgeline, we could see beautiful Bullion Pasture . . . One of our favorite hikes uses this pasture as an access point to The Pocket |
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| This picture was taken from the top of the "pointy peak" we mentioned earlier . . . It is simply known as Peak 11673 |
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| These unique & colorful seed pods caught our attention! Astragalus whitneyi, known as balloon milkvetch |
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| The trail faded out past Peak 11673 . . . We stayed on the ridgeline heading toward Copper Belt Peak |
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| Off in the distance we spotted several mountain goats . . . (If you click on the picture it will enlarge - the goats are on the ridge to the far right of the road) In the center of the picture you can see an old mining road . . . We followed this path to the base of the "nippily" Copper Belt Peak |
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| Mountain goats are a treat to see . . . altogether, we counted 32! |
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| So hard to identify, but this is a Fabaceae, a member of the pea family |
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| We are on top of Copper Belt Peak and are looking back from where we have come . . . This hike offers some of the best views in the Tushar Mountains . . . |
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| Gold and Signal Peaks . . . we hiked both peaks one year ago today! |
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| We rarely see anyone on our hikes . . . However, when we began our hike we could see another hiker off in the distance . . . It was fun to meet up with Clint during our lunch break and trade some "war stories" . . . That's Copper Belt Peak in the background |
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| Creamy white mountain goat hair |
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| Another rare high elevation Fabaceae, so unusual and fun to see |
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| Heading back on the old mining road . . . That's Mt. Belknap (12,137 ft) off to the right |
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| Kent decided we needed one more peak . . . So at the saddle of Peak 11673, we hiked north and grabbed this minor unnamed peak |
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| The grand finale from the top of the unnamed peak . . . The white arrow points to the trailhead . . . 7 miles RT with a gradual up & down ascent of about 2200 ft |
Don't wait as long as we did to do this wonderful hike! Tom completed this hike exactly two years ago to the day and has a topo map, along with GPS tracks, on his Peakbagger.com post. Click here if you would like more information about this outstanding ridge hike in the beautiful Tushars.
