At the peak of Wright.
Ok, so you’re leaving on a plane to go out of the country tomorrow. What do you want to do today? Hmmm…how about we go climb a high peak? Sounds GREAT!
Conditions for the hike: 70 degrees when we started, partly cloudy, intermittent light showers. The operative word for today is HUMID. Lawsy. Thought I was gonna melt!
Here are the stats: 3 hours 18 minutes to the peak, 32 minutes at the peak, 3:01 to the base. Total miles: 7. Total time: 6:52.
Scrambling up!
There were plenty of bugs, but using the high octane version of the spray we were able to keep them away (and we didn’t have to use our fancy new bugs nets). However, a wasp did sting our eldest daughter on the nose–ON the peak, JUST as we were taking our family picture. Boo!
Wright is a really nice mountain. The first mile is lovely, flat. Then, the climbing starts. There were lots and lots and LOTS of rocks to step over until we started scaling the granite walls. There were a LOT of granite walls to scale!!! But, like all the peaks so far, it’s been worth it. The peak was amazing. It’s got this huge open granite peak. The views are fabulous. Sadly, this was the first hike where it was pretty overcast, but oh well. It was still worth it.
It IS worth it!
Before we left the parking lot, there was a ranger there who greeted us and warned us about thunderstorms. He said that if we saw or heard ANY thunderstorm activity to get off the mountain NOW. After seeing the top, I understand why. We thanked him and left. He followed us up, but much later. It only takes him about 2 hours to get up the mountain! He was the one who took our family photo.
In the parking lot, we also saw a tent that had been clawed by a bear! Yoikes!
We are sixers!
WE ARE SIXERS!
Oh, I THOUGHT I had not seen this…now I see why…posting date. So very cool, again!