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Ascent of Fracture Ridge on 2011-01-08

Climber: BMS 914

Other People:

Solo Ascent
Only Party on Mountain

Date:

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Motorized Transport to Trailhead:

Car

Peak:

Fracture Ridge

Location:

USA-Nevada

Elevation:

1502 m / 4931 ft

Ascent Trip Report

I started this hike from a residential street, not realizing there was an actual trailhead with parking down the road. I was trying to climb nearby Black Mountain, which looked taller but closer, so I decided that the peak to the South and further away must actually be Black Mountain, and headed for it.

So I "accidentally" summited the wrong peak, but still had a good time. Came back in darkness without a headlamp, which lead to me not being able to find the faint trail where it leaves the wash. I was forced to follow the wash back to the detention basin, which was full of brush and catclaw, and not much fun in the darkness. As a result of this outing, I bought a headlamp and emergency bivy, and learned to start earlier.

GPS track is reconstructed from later hikes as I didn't have a GPS until May 2011.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

696 m / 2285 ft

Extra Gain:

55 m / 181 ft

Distance:

10.8 km / 6.7 mi

Route:

Standard from detention basin

Trailhead:

Bensley Ct 916 m / 3008 ft

Grade/Class:

Class 1

Quality:

1 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)

Route Conditions:

Road Hike, Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail

Gear Used:

Ski Poles

Weather:

Cool, Calm, Clear
Clear day

Ascent Statistics

Time Up:

2 Hours 20 Minutes

Descent Statistics

Time Down:

1 Hours 40 Minutes

GPS Data for Ascent/Trip

GPS Waypoints - Hover or click to see name and lat/long
Peaks: climbed and unclimbed by BMS 914
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