Thurston Peak

Thurston Peak.

I was able to go hiking with my brother last weekend.  It was awesome!  It has snowed that morning which made perfect conditions for exploring Thurston Peak.   Thurston peak is the tallest peak in Davis and Morgan county and is the peak behind adams canyon and the waterfall.  That morning I rented some cramp-ons, ice axes and ski poles for my brother.  This was one of the coolest hikes I've been on in a while.  There is nothing like climbing a ridge for miles.  The views are awesome all the way up.

 This is a map of where we hiked.  The deviation from the ridge half way through kind of marks where we had to put on crampons and climb up a steep and rocky chute in order to regain the ridge.

 This is the other end of that chute.  Relieved to be done with it and getting back on the ridge

Picture of me climbing up the ridge.  It was this beautiful all the way up.  The fresh snow left everything frozen at the top making a cool effect looking down at the green valley.

 By this point Jordan and I were absolutely exhausted.  This hike has just a little more than 5000 feet of elevation gain in just 4 miles.  This is a little more gain than what you get on Mt. Timp but in half the distance.  It almost killed us getting to the top.  There are no picture at the top because we were too exhausted and also with the wind chill up there it really was not a place that we wanted to stay at.....except to eat my pizza lunchable that i had been saving.

This was jordan and I at the beginning feeling very confident about ourselves.  We both forgot though by the end that we both have not stayed in shape during the last semester so by the time we got to the car jordan had slid down the last hill on his butt because his legs were too weak and neither of us could really move for about a day after wards.  It was totally worth it.