Mount Raymond
In preparation for the Wildcat Ridge Traverse, I went with Joe up Butler fork to cache water at Baker Pass just under Mt. Raymond. I carried two full Nalgene bottles to stash for the next Saturday when we will be traversing Widcat Ridge all the way from Mt. Olympus to Raymond, then Gobbler's, then (and this is where the extra water becomes necessary) to pick up the Desolation trail beneath Gobbler's East flank . We will follow the Deso trail to Dog lake where we will presumably hike to Reynolds Peak, then back down and up to LIttle Water peak, then we will route-find our way to Desolation lake to pick up the Wasatch Crest trail to Scott's Hill. This hike should be at least 20 miles.
We hiked up to the summit of Raymond and then began descent at about sunset. Neither of us brought a headlamp so we ran as far as we could back down the trail until darkness closed in and we began tripping on tree roots. |