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Ascent of Twin Peaks-East Peak on 2020-10-18

Climber: Yao-Min Chen

Others in Party:Ken Toyama
Wei-Peng (Will) Chen
----Only Party on Mountain
Date:Sunday, October 18, 2020
Ascent Type:Successful Summit Attained
    Motorized Transport to Trailhead:Car
Peak:Twin Peaks-East Peak
    Location:USA-California
    Elevation:12240 ft / 3730 m

Ascent Trip Report

Picked up the peak on the way to Twin Peaks. This was part of our 2-day 1-night outing to summit Twin Peaks and Virginia Peak. On the previous day 2020-10-17 we hiked in from Green Creek TH, over the Virginia Pass and arrived at the NW tributary of Return Creek. The camp site was at direct east of Return Lake, at about 9,920 ft elevation. In the morning of 2020-10-18 we started by heading north and crossing the tributary to get to Return Creek. We followed the creek north for a while, and then followed its NE fork to enter the canyon directly west of and below the Yosemite National Park boundary (which is also the Tuolumne County and Mon Country boundary). We did not take the ridge because the ridge was full of boulders and large talus. There was a fainted trail in the canyon to follow. Before the canyon reached the glacier on the topomap, we turned westward and climbed up the ridge. In mid October indeed there was still a big snow field in the glacier. We would circumvent the south edge of the snow field, continued westward and climbed up the slope until we reached the high point of the ridge, which was Twin Peaks-East Peak. The best view was actually further west, on the cliff edge of Horse Creek Glacier. This glacier was massive and it was a great sight to see Twin Peaks, Horse Creek Peak, Matterhorn and the peaks in the north including Robin and Victoria on the Sawtooth Ridge and Eagle Peak on Buckeye Ridge.
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Horse Creek Glacier as seen traversing from Twin Peaks-East Peak to Twin Peaks (2020-10-18). Photo by Yao-Min Chen.
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Summary Total Data
    Grade/Class:Class 2
    Quality:5 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)
    Route Conditions:
Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail, Open Country
    Gear Used:
Ski Poles
    Nights Spent:1 nights away from roads
    Weather:Sunny
Ascent Statistics
    Route:East Slope
    Start Trailhead:Green Creek  
Descent Statistics
    Route:West Slope
    End Trailhead:Twin Peaks  
Ascent Part of Trip: Twin Peaks and Virginia Peak (1 nights total away from roads)

Complete Trip Sequence:
OrderPeak/PointDateGain
1Twin Peaks-East Peak2020-10-18 a 
2Twin Peaks2020-10-18 b6250 ft / 1905 m
3Virginia Peak2020-10-18 c2169 ft / 661 m
Total Trip Gain: 8419 ft / 2566 m    Total Trip Loss: 7926 ft / 2416 m
GPS Data for Ascent/Trip


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Peaks:  climbed and  unclimbed by Yao-Min Chen
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Statistics by Day

Day Elev. Gain Elev. Loss Distance Hiked Max Elev. Camp
# Date Description Ft M Ft M Mi Km Ft M Name Ft M
12020-10-17Green Creek TH to Return Creek
22020-10-18Twin Peaks, Virginia Peak and TH
  Totals 



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