Snowshoe of Barite Peak
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Date of trip: 03/28/2011
Mileage: 2.9 Miles
Elevation Gain: 1000 Feet
Time: 1 Hour(s) and 450 Minutes
Class: 2
Partners: None
GPS Track: View Here
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Peaks Climbed on Trip:
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Peak Name |
Elevation |
Prominence |
Range |
Close to |
County highpoint |
Range highpoint |
Map |
Barite Peak | 6702 | 722 | Pioneer | Hailey, Idaho | No | No | 43.5804, -114.3178 |
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Photos
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Trip Report
I got off work and immediately changed and headed out to Ohio Gulch. I followed the plowed road to its end. I was heading to the top of Barite Peak (Peak 6702) I put on my snowshoes and started heading up the beaten path (snowbound road) between Ohio Gulch and Indian Creek. When I reached the saddle, I turned west toward Point 6215. The snow was really nice to this point. However, I was now looking up at a fairly steep section on the ridge up to Point 6591. With high avalanche danger and cross loading from the previous storms, I didn't like the ridge, so I traversed to its left on the south facing slopes that were blown mostly clear of snow. I then hit the top of Point 6591. After a small drop to the saddle between Barite Peak and Point 6591, I was headed up the windblown and narrow ridge to the summit. This climb looks simple on the topo, with not a lot of mileage or gain. However, some of the snow was trickier than I thought and a few places were very wind blown and hard to snowshoe on.
The summit had great views of the Wood River Valley and even the surrounding peaks. I enjoyed the cool, but clear evening and then started down. I made it down by 7pm and still had over an hour of light to go scout more climbs!
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Getting There
Drive to the end of the plowed road in Ohio Gulch (just past the entrance to the dump).
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Hiking Directions
From the end of the road I headed east a bit, then south, then gained the east ridge and followed it to the summit.
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