Oscars - San Joaquin - Silver
Date: 07/21/2023
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: Ophir Blixt Trail
Summmits:
* Oscars Peak (UR)
* San Joaquin
* Silver Mtn B
Distance: 9.2m
Elevation Gain: 5150ft (Van Halen!!!)
Duration: 7.5hrs
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Oscars 14ers.com Page
San Joaquin 14ers.com Page
Silver Mountain B 14ers.com Page
A nice day on loose rock with amazing views
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9.2m - 5150ft - 7.5hrs
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I hiked a road pretty much all the way to Oscars east ridge. View of US Grant and South Lookout to the south
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US Grant and V3(R)
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South Lookout
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Looking up to Oscars from the top of the road
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Oscars east ridge
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The day's work all laid out in front of me from Oscars summit
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Looking back to T12 and Lookout Peak
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Southerly views
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San Joaquin summit selfie
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The remaining ridge to Silver
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Looking back you can see the road I ascended
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Getting closer to Silver but still a ways to go
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At the end of this ridge you will find the famous San Joaquin Couloir
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On to Silver - I bypassed the larger head wall(front and center) by dropping down, crossing the snow and ascending a steep slope back to the ridge
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Looking back
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Just a little further before bypassing the headwall
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Looking back
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Northerly views
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Down and around the headwall
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Then up this steep slope back to the ridge
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Southerly views and the town of Ophir below
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The last bump before Silver
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The awesome ridge between Silver and Palmyra Peak
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The final push to Silver's summit
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The Wilsons to the west
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Might have to come back and traverse the ridge between Silver and Palmyra
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Silver Summit Selfie with the Wilsons behind
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August 19th 2018 Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison traversed from Palmyra. If that isn't a piece of local mountain history I don't know what is
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Time for a loose descent to Ophir
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Looking back to Silver and my descent route
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Through the forest
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South Lookout and Magnum Couloir (which we skied just a few months earlier)
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Not a bad spot for a memorial
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L2R: South Lookout, US Grant and V3
