Strawberry Two Scoops

So yesterday I got “AllTrailed.”  Meaning I relied on a track on the app which looked like a trail, but wasn’t an official trail and after a nice start got very dicey.  This was Strawberry Peak from Colby Canyon, which ends in a steep unmarked overgrown sandy scramble on the way to the summit.  I made it to 5941 feet, about 200 vertical feet from the summit, but didn’t feel safe.  The risk wasn’t so much that I’d fall off a rock and roll down into the valley, but that I’d get stuck, have a hard time climbing down, and/or lose my way and be hunting for a safe descent as the sun was rising and everything was getting hot.

So I came back today from Red Box, which was a beautiful sandy trail.  Lots of butterflies (variable checkerspot) and chapparal yucca.  Sunny day and nice to be above the fog!

This was #2 for the SixPack challenge, and my 529th barefoot mountain.