Ascent of Tin Mountain on 2014-03-08| Other People: | Solo Ascent
Only Party on Mountain | | Date: | Saturday, March 8, 2014 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Motorized Transport to Trailhead: | 4x4 Vehicle | | Peak: | Tin Mountain | | Location: | USA-California | | Elevation: | 8953 ft / 2728 m |
Ascent Trip ReportI started at the 4800' pull out and began following the DPS route. What isn't mentioned in the route description is that a major wash empties across the road just to the north of the pull out. One must find and cross this wash early on to get on the north side of it to catch the ridge in the description. If you get to it higher up, you will have a deep and steep drop down and back up to deal with. I stayed at this point on the southern ridge, which led to a crappy section of very loose and unstable class 3 rock to negotiate. Once on that part, I ran out of four letter words pretty quickly and had to start making up my own! Once past this part, the going to the summit was easy. There was a fair amount of snow still in the shaded parts of the mountain, and on the return I got into a mess trying to get on the "proper" ridge, but finally came across some foot prints from the party that had been up there a week previously, and finally hit the use trail on the north ridge. From there is was easy, steep and some times loose, but otherwise a quick descent back to the car. Round trip car to car was between five and a half to five and three quarters of an hour, more or less. Time up, including route finding, was around three hours and maybe twenty minutes. (Times below are approximate) |
| Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 4631 ft / 1410 m | | Total Elevation Loss: | 4631 ft / 1410 m | | Round-Trip Distance: | 7.2 mi / 11.6 km | | Grade/Class: | Class 3 | | Quality: | 7 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Open Country, Scramble | | Weather: | Cool, Calm, Clear | | Ascent Statistics | | Gain on way in: | 4392 ft / 1338 m | | Gain Breakdown: | Net: 4153 ft / 1265 m; Extra: 239 ft / 72m | | Loss on way in: | 239 ft / 72 m | | Distance: | 3.6 mi / 5.8 km | | Route: | DPS, south ridge | | Start Trailhead: | 4800' pull out 4800 ft / 1463 m | | Time: | 3 Hours 20 Minutes | | Descent Statistics | | Loss on way out: | 4392 ft / 1338 m | | Loss Breakdown: | Net: 4153 ft / 1265 m; Extra: 239 ft / 72m | | Gain on way out: | 239 ft / 72 m | | Distance: | 3.6 mi / 5.8 km | | Route: | DPS, north ridge | | End Trailhead: | 4800' pull out 4800 ft / 1463 m | | Time: | 2 Hours 15 Minutes | GPS Data for Ascent/Trip
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