We followed Zdon's directions, but road closure took us to the wrong canyon. TomG figured out we were in Thorndyke Canyon, instead of Lacey Canyon when our route didn't match what was on his map. Thorndyke Canyon was off his map. We climbed up a steep ridge, and tried circumnavigating to avoid dropping back down. We came across other big drops which we couldn't see on the GPS, and took us farther to the east than we expected. This made our 9 mi/2800'gain easy trip into a 15.5 mi/4172'gain day. We got to see an old mine, a reservoir with dead snakes and mummified jackrabbits, an old cabin, a live snake, wild horses, and beautiful desert tracked with only hoofprints. Stuff we would have missed if we went a different way. We kept in mind, "a bad day in the mountains is better than a good day at work". We almost passed on making the summit due to time, but when we got closer "summit fever" hit and we summitted just before dark. We headed down the steep west side and turned on the headlamps as we approached the base of the mountain. After walking a flat area for an hour or so, we dropped into Lacey Canyon, and hoped we didn't have to deal with dry falls. We only ran into 2, but were able to climb down. We sent at least 3 SPOT checks to show where we were that didn't go thru due to cloud cover. On the summit 8 hrs after we started, we sent one that went thru (clear skies), which had our SPOT checkers a little concerned and calling each other about the situation. 5.5 hrs later we were back at Thorndyke Canyon. It was a beautiful day and night for hiking, and even though it was long. And hiking with TomG is always good company! Everything was closed, so we ate what we had for dinner, then found a place to camp. (wk 146, day 1 of 3) http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2866/408416389_LBQDK-Ti.jpg http://snownymph.smugmug.com/gallery/6440740_ripc9/ 2009-01-04T05:06:14Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Camp at Cactus Flats. We got some rain during the night</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408370159_KEFKN" title="Camp at Cactus Flats. We got some rain during the night"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2753/408370159_KEFKN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Camp at Cactus Flats. We got some rain during the night" title="Camp at Cactus Flats. We got some rain during the night" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-02T15:20:04Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2753/408370159_KEFKN-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 08:26:33 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Petroglyph sight</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408371272_Ev6bZ" title="Petroglyph sight"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2758/408371272_Ev6bZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Petroglyph sight" title="Petroglyph sight" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-02T15:20:04Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2758/408371272_Ev6bZ-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 08:34:46 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Obsidian chips</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408372320_vhtas" title="Obsidian chips"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2764/408372320_vhtas-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Obsidian chips" title="Obsidian chips" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-03T12:20:57Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2764/408372320_vhtas-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 08:37:27 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />big metate</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408374330_gBVro" title="big metate"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2768/408374330_gBVro-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="big metate" title="big metate" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-03T12:20:57Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2768/408374330_gBVro-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 08:38:10 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />A petroglyph TomG had not seen before</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408375617_Pgq8S" title="A petroglyph TomG had not seen before"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2769/408375617_Pgq8S-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A petroglyph TomG had not seen before" title="A petroglyph TomG had not seen before" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-03T12:20:57Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2769/408375617_Pgq8S-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 08:41:47 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Drive to the trailhead. We took the left fork like the book said. We found out later the left fork doesn't exist anymore.</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408377459_UiaNX" title="Drive to the trailhead. We took the left fork like the book said. We found out later the left fork doesn't exist anymore."><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2776/408377459_UiaNX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Drive to the trailhead. We took the left fork like the book said. We found out later the left fork doesn't exist anymore." title="Drive to the trailhead. We took the left fork like the book said. We found out later the left fork doesn't exist anymore." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-11-03T12:20:57Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2776/408377459_UiaNX-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 09:05:49 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Metate (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#410287327_G3TLs" title="Metate (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/Metate-photo-ctsy-of-TomG/410287327_G3TLs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Metate (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG" title="Metate (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/Metate-photo-ctsy-of-TomG/410287327_G3TLs-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Metate with grinding stone</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408376733_4MRYz" title="Metate with grinding stone"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2771/408376733_4MRYz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Metate with grinding stone" title="Metate with grinding stone" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2771/408376733_4MRYz-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 08:43:22 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />TomG and Snow Nymph at 4,962'. Later we figured out we started at Thorndyke Canyon instead of Lacey Canyon (because of road closure)</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408378400_7WWsR" title="TomG and Snow Nymph at 4,962'. Later we figured out we started at Thorndyke Canyon instead of Lacey Canyon (because of road closure)"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2780/408378400_7WWsR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="TomG and Snow Nymph at 4,962'. Later we figured out we started at Thorndyke Canyon instead of Lacey Canyon (because of road closure)" title="TomG and Snow Nymph at 4,962'. Later we figured out we started at Thorndyke Canyon instead of Lacey Canyon (because of road closure)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2780/408378400_7WWsR-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 09:27:53 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />When our canyon didn't turn north , we knew something wasn't right</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408380084_PDjjc" title="When our canyon didn't turn north , we knew something wasn't right"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2783/408380084_PDjjc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="When our canyon didn't turn north , we knew something wasn't right" title="When our canyon didn't turn north , we knew something wasn't right" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2783/408380084_PDjjc-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 10:36:06 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndyke Canyon was pretty mellow</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408379327_MJoTv" title="Thorndyke Canyon was pretty mellow"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2781/408379327_MJoTv-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Thorndyke Canyon was pretty mellow" title="Thorndyke Canyon was pretty mellow" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2781/408379327_MJoTv-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 10:23:17 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />TomG's map didn't go this far south, and we saw the mistake on the GPS, so we headed up</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408380436_gcLRu" title="TomG's map didn't go this far south, and we saw the mistake on the GPS, so we headed up"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2784/408380436_gcLRu-Th.jpg" width="128" height="150" alt="TomG's map didn't go this far south, and we saw the mistake on the GPS, so we headed up" title="TomG's map didn't go this far south, and we saw the mistake on the GPS, so we headed up" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2784/408380436_gcLRu-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 10:49:34 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />and up and up</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408381554_QE9f9" title="and up and up"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2786/408381554_QE9f9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="and up and up" title="and up and up" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2786/408381554_QE9f9-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 10:51:43 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />TomG, with the Sierra in clouds</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408383243_Vn4TX" title="TomG, with the Sierra in clouds"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2788/408383243_Vn4TX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="TomG, with the Sierra in clouds" title="TomG, with the Sierra in clouds" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2788/408383243_Vn4TX-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:07:22 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Looking back at Thorndike Canyon, one canyon south of where we should have been</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408382704_Cmfvs" title="Looking back at Thorndike Canyon, one canyon south of where we should have been"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2787/408382704_Cmfvs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Looking back at Thorndike Canyon, one canyon south of where we should have been" title="Looking back at Thorndike Canyon, one canyon south of where we should have been" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2787/408382704_Cmfvs-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 10:58:38 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Zoomed in again</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408384473_YkgtK" title="Zoomed in again"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2795/408384473_YkgtK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="118" alt="Zoomed in again" title="Zoomed in again" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2795/408384473_YkgtK-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:12:57 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />TomG spotted 7 wild horses across the way</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408383854_G2LVk" title="TomG spotted 7 wild horses across the way"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2790/408383854_G2LVk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="TomG spotted 7 wild horses across the way" title="TomG spotted 7 wild horses across the way" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2790/408383854_G2LVk-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:11:28 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Zoomed in on the horses</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408384172_csLCT" title="Zoomed in on the horses"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2794/408384172_csLCT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Zoomed in on the horses" title="Zoomed in on the horses" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2794/408384172_csLCT-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:12:44 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />TomG checking out the situation</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408385309_w3XWk" title="TomG checking out the situation"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2808/408385309_w3XWk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="TomG checking out the situation" title="TomG checking out the situation" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:52Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2808/408385309_w3XWk-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:24:50 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndyke Mine (we didn't know what it was at the time)</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408387267_jWMse" title="Thorndyke Mine (we didn't know what it was at the time)"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2814/408387267_jWMse-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Thorndyke Mine (we didn't know what it was at the time)" title="Thorndyke Mine (we didn't know what it was at the time)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2814/408387267_jWMse-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:35:39 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Lacey Canyon is where we should have been</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408386377_7CFug" title="Lacey Canyon is where we should have been"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2812/408386377_7CFug-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Lacey Canyon is where we should have been" title="Lacey Canyon is where we should have been" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2812/408386377_7CFug-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:32:12 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndyke Mine</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408389178_LPaap" title="Thorndyke Mine"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2817/408389178_LPaap-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Thorndyke Mine" title="Thorndyke Mine" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2817/408389178_LPaap-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:36:49 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndyke Mine</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408388331_kADqF" title="Thorndyke Mine"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2815/408388331_kADqF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Thorndyke Mine" title="Thorndyke Mine" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2815/408388331_kADqF-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:36:01 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndyke Mine</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408391308_L25ay" title="Thorndyke Mine"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2820/408391308_L25ay-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Thorndyke Mine" title="Thorndyke Mine" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2820/408391308_L25ay-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:37:52 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndyke Mine</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408390272_qRwfY" title="Thorndyke Mine"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2818/408390272_qRwfY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Thorndyke Mine" title="Thorndyke Mine" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2818/408390272_qRwfY-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:37:05 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndike Mine</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408393329_WxTCY" title="Thorndike Mine"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2822/408393329_WxTCY-Th.jpg" width="110" height="150" alt="Thorndike Mine" title="Thorndike Mine" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2822/408393329_WxTCY-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:38:40 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndyke Mine</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408392535_cCTmg" title="Thorndyke Mine"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2821/408392535_cCTmg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Thorndyke Mine" title="Thorndyke Mine" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2821/408392535_cCTmg-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:38:24 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndyke Mine</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408394257_sB3TY" title="Thorndyke Mine"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2823/408394257_sB3TY-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Thorndyke Mine" title="Thorndyke Mine" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2823/408394257_sB3TY-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:39:03 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />waa mojave (?)</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408396972_3F3pf" title="waa mojave (?)"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2826/408396972_3F3pf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="waa mojave (?)" title="waa mojave (?)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2826/408396972_3F3pf-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:41:38 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Bedposts</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408395899_qpB8W" title="Bedposts"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2824/408395899_qpB8W-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Bedposts" title="Bedposts" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2824/408395899_qpB8W-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:40:39 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndike Mine</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408397989_dAGw9" title="Thorndike Mine"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2827/408397989_dAGw9-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Thorndike Mine" title="Thorndike Mine" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2827/408397989_dAGw9-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:41:59 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndike Mine, looking back</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408399332_XvCys" title="Thorndike Mine, looking back"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2830/408399332_XvCys-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Thorndike Mine, looking back" title="Thorndike Mine, looking back" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2830/408399332_XvCys-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:43:39 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />the dump</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408403045_Sikk5" title="the dump"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2839/408403045_Sikk5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="the dump" title="the dump" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2839/408403045_Sikk5-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:47:57 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Thorndyke Mine above the tailings</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408400773_ijgot" title="Thorndyke Mine above the tailings"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2832/408400773_ijgot-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Thorndyke Mine above the tailings" title="Thorndyke Mine above the tailings" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2832/408400773_ijgot-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:43:57 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />below the tracks</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408401783_e2xn5" title="below the tracks"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2835/408401783_e2xn5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="below the tracks" title="below the tracks" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2835/408401783_e2xn5-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:44:48 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Inside</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408405458_xeUDh" title="Inside"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2841/408405458_xeUDh-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Inside" title="Inside" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2841/408405458_xeUDh-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:50:08 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />looking down the water reservoir.JPG</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#410287308_kURLj" title="looking down the water reservoir.JPG"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/looking-down-the-water/410287308_kURLj-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="looking down the water reservoir.JPG" title="looking down the water reservoir.JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/looking-down-the-water/410287308_kURLj-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />reservoir?</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408404498_kB8aC" title="reservoir?"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2840/408404498_kB8aC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="reservoir?" title="reservoir?" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2840/408404498_kB8aC-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:49:29 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />2845 Three mummified jackrabbits</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408407440_doe2c" title="2845 Three mummified jackrabbits"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2845/408407440_doe2c-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="2845 Three mummified jackrabbits" title="2845 Three mummified jackrabbits" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2845/408407440_doe2c-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:54:01 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Two of the three snakes</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408406699_CKQDj" title="Two of the three snakes"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2843/408406699_CKQDj-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Two of the three snakes" title="Two of the three snakes" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2843/408406699_CKQDj-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:50:31 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />One of three snakes</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408408282_c4UYG" title="One of three snakes"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2846/408408282_c4UYG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="One of three snakes" title="One of three snakes" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2846/408408282_c4UYG-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 11:59:45 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Joshua trees</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408410993_T4Ag3" title="Joshua trees"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2860/408410993_T4Ag3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Joshua trees" title="Joshua trees" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2860/408410993_T4Ag3-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 12:09:01 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Bedspring</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408409910_kG76M" title="Bedspring"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2859/408409910_kG76M-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Bedspring" title="Bedspring" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2859/408409910_kG76M-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 12:07:51 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Joshua trees</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408411965_jCegC" title="Joshua trees"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2862/408411965_jCegC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Joshua trees" title="Joshua trees" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2862/408411965_jCegC-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 12:09:27 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />TomG was excited about this blue jar til he picked it up (lip was broken off)</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408413204_yLvS2" title="TomG was excited about this blue jar til he picked it up (lip was broken off)"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2863/408413204_yLvS2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="TomG was excited about this blue jar til he picked it up (lip was broken off)" title="TomG was excited about this blue jar til he picked it up (lip was broken off)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2863/408413204_yLvS2-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 12:10:55 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Live snake, wasn't too worried about us being there</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408414492_3LHDN" title="Live snake, wasn't too worried about us being there"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2864/408414492_3LHDN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Live snake, wasn't too worried about us being there" title="Live snake, wasn't too worried about us being there" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2864/408414492_3LHDN-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 12:20:28 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />and zoomed in</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408416389_LBQDK" title="and zoomed in"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2866/408416389_LBQDK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="and zoomed in" title="and zoomed in" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2866/408416389_LBQDK-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 12:21:26 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />'x</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408415738_5mfBn" title="'x"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2865/408415738_5mfBn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="'x" title="'x" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2865/408415738_5mfBn-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 12:20:44 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Bummer! We have to drop down</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408419666_9PhXw" title="Bummer! We have to drop down"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2875/408419666_9PhXw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Bummer! We have to drop down" title="Bummer! We have to drop down" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2875/408419666_9PhXw-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 12:42:47 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Looking back at Thorndike Mine</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408418573_vZmjK" title="Looking back at Thorndike Mine"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2874/408418573_vZmjK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Looking back at Thorndike Mine" title="Looking back at Thorndike Mine" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2874/408418573_vZmjK-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 12:34:52 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />TomG gaining the ridge</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408417467_NJ6sH" title="TomG gaining the ridge"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2873/408417467_NJ6sH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="TomG gaining the ridge" title="TomG gaining the ridge" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2873/408417467_NJ6sH-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 12:29:04 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />We got close to the navy base, the big peak to the right had a road and building on it</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408422054_E7ngJ" title="We got close to the navy base, the big peak to the right had a road and building on it"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2880/408422054_E7ngJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We got close to the navy base, the big peak to the right had a road and building on it" title="We got close to the navy base, the big peak to the right had a road and building on it" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2880/408422054_E7ngJ-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 13:29:30 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />We stopped here 24 minutes for lunch</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408420893_Qd3fs" title="We stopped here 24 minutes for lunch"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2879/408420893_Qd3fs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We stopped here 24 minutes for lunch" title="We stopped here 24 minutes for lunch" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2879/408420893_Qd3fs-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 13:28:27 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Beautiful and big Joshua Trees</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408425481_MV2jm" title="Beautiful and big Joshua Trees"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2884/408425481_MV2jm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Beautiful and big Joshua Trees" title="Beautiful and big Joshua Trees" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2884/408425481_MV2jm-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 13:41:20 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />We're headed for the rockpile on the ridge</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408424361_jqqjg" title="We're headed for the rockpile on the ridge"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2882/408424361_jqqjg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We're headed for the rockpile on the ridge" title="We're headed for the rockpile on the ridge" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2882/408424361_jqqjg-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 13:32:35 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />It was flat here like the GPS said, we're still off the map TomG had</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408423362_aRYLS" title="It was flat here like the GPS said, we're still off the map TomG had"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2881/408423362_aRYLS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="It was flat here like the GPS said, we're still off the map TomG had" title="It was flat here like the GPS said, we're still off the map TomG had" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2881/408423362_aRYLS-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 13:29:53 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Silver Mountain is the big dark peak in the middle. Plan was to follow the ridge to it. (we ended up way to the right out of the photo)</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408427964_ntzGd" title="Silver Mountain is the big dark peak in the middle. Plan was to follow the ridge to it. (we ended up way to the right out of the photo)"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2886/408427964_ntzGd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Silver Mountain is the big dark peak in the middle. Plan was to follow the ridge to it. (we ended up way to the right out of the photo)" title="Silver Mountain is the big dark peak in the middle. Plan was to follow the ridge to it. (we ended up way to the right out of the photo)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2886/408427964_ntzGd-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 13:50:39 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Beautiful colors</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408426834_gF9q5" title="Beautiful colors"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2885/408426834_gF9q5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Beautiful colors" title="Beautiful colors" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2885/408426834_gF9q5-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 13:45:50 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Another big joshua tree</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408429009_tbPDq" title="Another big joshua tree"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2889/408429009_tbPDq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Another big joshua tree" title="Another big joshua tree" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2889/408429009_tbPDq-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 13:53:48 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Start of the descent</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408431108_LyWXi" title="Start of the descent"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2891/408431108_LyWXi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Start of the descent" title="Start of the descent" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2891/408431108_LyWXi-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 14:00:46 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Uh oh! Silver Mountain is still in sight, but there's a big drop that didn't show on the GPS</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408430055_8BBgB" title="Uh oh! Silver Mountain is still in sight, but there's a big drop that didn't show on the GPS"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2890/408430055_8BBgB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Uh oh! Silver Mountain is still in sight, but there's a big drop that didn't show on the GPS" title="Uh oh! Silver Mountain is still in sight, but there's a big drop that didn't show on the GPS" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2890/408430055_8BBgB-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 14:00:42 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />We've gone 4 miles so far, the summit is waaaay over there, and its only a 9 mi trip (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#410287431_3Yw3U" title="We've gone 4 miles so far, the summit is waaaay over there, and its only a 9 mi trip (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/Weve-gone-4-miles-so-far-the/410287431_3Yw3U-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We've gone 4 miles so far, the summit is waaaay over there, and its only a 9 mi trip (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG" title="We've gone 4 miles so far, the summit is waaaay over there, and its only a 9 mi trip (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/Weve-gone-4-miles-so-far-the/410287431_3Yw3U-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />We saw a few cairnes near the bottom, then spotted a cabin</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408433564_PwmDj" title="We saw a few cairnes near the bottom, then spotted a cabin"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2894/408433564_PwmDj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We saw a few cairnes near the bottom, then spotted a cabin" title="We saw a few cairnes near the bottom, then spotted a cabin" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2894/408433564_PwmDj-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 14:14:53 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />More pretty colors</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408432446_fanES" title="More pretty colors"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2893/408432446_fanES-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="More pretty colors" title="More pretty colors" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2893/408432446_fanES-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 14:02:43 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />TomG got really excited when he saw this bottle</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408435665_C8r86" title="TomG got really excited when he saw this bottle"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2896/408435665_C8r86-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="TomG got really excited when he saw this bottle" title="TomG got really excited when he saw this bottle" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2896/408435665_C8r86-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 14:16:01 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />fireplace</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408434495_rCRtc" title="fireplace"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2895/408434495_rCRtc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="fireplace" title="fireplace" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2895/408434495_rCRtc-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 14:15:37 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />All was good til he got to the bottom. Didn't find the missing piece</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408436765_GE5S3" title="All was good til he got to the bottom. Didn't find the missing piece"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2898/408436765_GE5S3-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="All was good til he got to the bottom. Didn't find the missing piece" title="All was good til he got to the bottom. Didn't find the missing piece" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2898/408436765_GE5S3-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 14:17:24 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Following a wash</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408439685_cfVNK" title="Following a wash"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2907/408439685_cfVNK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Following a wash" title="Following a wash" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2907/408439685_cfVNK-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 14:49:50 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />The cabin</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408438598_NSpL9" title="The cabin"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2904/408438598_NSpL9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The cabin" title="The cabin" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2904/408438598_NSpL9-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 14:20:27 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Gate in the middle of nowhere</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408467065_d6WCs" title="Gate in the middle of nowhere"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2908/408467065_d6WCs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Gate in the middle of nowhere" title="Gate in the middle of nowhere" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:53Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2908/408467065_d6WCs-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 15:17:45 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Another gate up the wash, must have been a horse corral</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408469728_a3Ujy" title="Another gate up the wash, must have been a horse corral"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2913/408469728_a3Ujy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Another gate up the wash, must have been a horse corral" title="Another gate up the wash, must have been a horse corral" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2913/408469728_a3Ujy-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 15:19:55 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Finally got a view of Silver Mountain at 4pm. At this point I thought it would take at least 3 hrs to get to the summit (right high point), and</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408470651_5TK5Q" title="Finally got a view of Silver Mountain at 4pm. At this point I thought it would take at least 3 hrs to get to the summit (right high point), and"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2914/408470651_5TK5Q-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Finally got a view of Silver Mountain at 4pm. At this point I thought it would take at least 3 hrs to get to the summit (right high point), and" title="Finally got a view of Silver Mountain at 4pm. At this point I thought it would take at least 3 hrs to get to the summit (right high point), and" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2914/408470651_5TK5Q-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 15:46:49 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Horse</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408471975_jp3Li" title="Horse"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2915/408471975_jp3Li-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Horse" title="Horse" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2915/408471975_jp3Li-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:03:45 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Me and a big joshua tree</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408473174_sddMZ" title="Me and a big joshua tree"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2919/408473174_sddMZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Me and a big joshua tree" title="Me and a big joshua tree" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2919/408473174_sddMZ-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:18:25 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Dry lakebed</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408476373_8PQap" title="Dry lakebed"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2922/408476373_8PQap-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dry lakebed" title="Dry lakebed" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2922/408476373_8PQap-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:35:23 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Sand and colors</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408474406_bxhXv" title="Sand and colors"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2920/408474406_bxhXv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Sand and colors" title="Sand and colors" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2920/408474406_bxhXv-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:20:14 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />We made good time and decided to get the peak and get down the steep stuff before dark</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408475380_yQ6Lv" title="We made good time and decided to get the peak and get down the steep stuff before dark"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2921/408475380_yQ6Lv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We made good time and decided to get the peak and get down the steep stuff before dark" title="We made good time and decided to get the peak and get down the steep stuff before dark" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2921/408475380_yQ6Lv-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:35:16 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Inyo Mountains to the north</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408478414_xACoK" title="Inyo Mountains to the north"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2924/408478414_xACoK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Inyo Mountains to the north" title="Inyo Mountains to the north" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2924/408478414_xACoK-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:37:04 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Silver M ountain, high point is to the right</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408477247_fVonr" title="Silver M ountain, high point is to the right"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2923/408477247_fVonr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Silver M ountain, high point is to the right" title="Silver M ountain, high point is to the right" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2923/408477247_fVonr-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:36:58 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Now they see us</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408480556_PoNVr" title="Now they see us"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2933/408480556_PoNVr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Now they see us" title="Now they see us" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2933/408480556_PoNVr-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:47:07 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />We snuck up on these wild horses by staying behind the trees</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408479663_zmpEj" title="We snuck up on these wild horses by staying behind the trees"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2930/408479663_zmpEj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We snuck up on these wild horses by staying behind the trees" title="We snuck up on these wild horses by staying behind the trees" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2930/408479663_zmpEj-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:45:38 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Curious</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408482268_u5EwM" title="Curious"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2936/408482268_u5EwM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Curious" title="Curious" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2936/408482268_u5EwM-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:47:32 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Beautiful horses</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408481144_6C3wT" title="Beautiful horses"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2934/408481144_6C3wT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="Beautiful horses" title="Beautiful horses" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2934/408481144_6C3wT-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:47:17 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Sillouettes</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408484500_W5AUH" title="Sillouettes"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2942/408484500_W5AUH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Sillouettes" title="Sillouettes" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2942/408484500_W5AUH-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:48:12 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Time to go</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408483571_HAjFA" title="Time to go"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2939/408483571_HAjFA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Time to go" title="Time to go" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2939/408483571_HAjFA-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:47:49 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />One last look</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408485261_RfwmK" title="One last look"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2943/408485261_RfwmK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="One last look" title="One last look" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2943/408485261_RfwmK-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:48:18 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />This Joshua tree had too many heavy limbs</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408487820_jiWnX" title="This Joshua tree had too many heavy limbs"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2948/408487820_jiWnX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This Joshua tree had too many heavy limbs" title="This Joshua tree had too many heavy limbs" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2948/408487820_jiWnX-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:59:01 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Different colors of Hopsage</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408486759_WYYGK" title="Different colors of Hopsage"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2947/408486759_WYYGK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Different colors of Hopsage" title="Different colors of Hopsage" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2947/408486759_WYYGK-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 16:52:13 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />More bones</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408489917_mgbXM" title="More bones"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2952/408489917_mgbXM-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="More bones" title="More bones" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2952/408489917_mgbXM-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:18:13 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />TomG pushing for the summit</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408488464_NnBYK" title="TomG pushing for the summit"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2949/408488464_NnBYK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="TomG pushing for the summit" title="TomG pushing for the summit" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2949/408488464_NnBYK-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:01:00 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Inyo Mountains (Inyo, Keynot, New York Butte, Pleasant Point, Cerro Gordo)</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408488986_SMVK9" title="Inyo Mountains (Inyo, Keynot, New York Butte, Pleasant Point, Cerro Gordo)"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2951/408488986_SMVK9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Inyo Mountains (Inyo, Keynot, New York Butte, Pleasant Point, Cerro Gordo)" title="Inyo Mountains (Inyo, Keynot, New York Butte, Pleasant Point, Cerro Gordo)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2951/408488986_SMVK9-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:02:28 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Mrs Gossett's popcorn balls were awesome!</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408491458_uAfTZ" title="Mrs Gossett's popcorn balls were awesome!"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2959/408491458_uAfTZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Mrs Gossett's popcorn balls were awesome!" title="Mrs Gossett's popcorn balls were awesome!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2959/408491458_uAfTZ-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:38:42 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />MrsG Popcorn Balls were a treat for the summit (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#410287338_YQnMd" title="MrsG Popcorn Balls were a treat for the summit (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/MrsG-Popcorn-Balls-were-a/410287338_YQnMd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="MrsG Popcorn Balls were a treat for the summit (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG" title="MrsG Popcorn Balls were a treat for the summit (photo ctsy of TomG).JPG" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/MrsG-Popcorn-Balls-were-a/410287338_YQnMd-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Owens Lake from Silver Mountain summit at 5:30pm</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408490788_ethXC" title="Owens Lake from Silver Mountain summit at 5:30pm"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2955/408490788_ethXC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Owens Lake from Silver Mountain summit at 5:30pm" title="Owens Lake from Silver Mountain summit at 5:30pm" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2955/408490788_ethXC-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:29:22 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Silly and happy to make the summit</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408492144_T6AtF" title="Silly and happy to make the summit"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2960/408492144_T6AtF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Silly and happy to make the summit" title="Silly and happy to make the summit" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2960/408492144_T6AtF-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:38:46 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Looking north</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408494339_aGTpE" title="Looking north"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2962/408494339_aGTpE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Looking north" title="Looking north" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2962/408494339_aGTpE-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:40:15 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Looking east</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408493357_EUZ6Y" title="Looking east"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2961/408493357_EUZ6Y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Looking east" title="Looking east" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2961/408493357_EUZ6Y-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:40:05 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Silver Mountain benchmark says 'China' placed in 1947</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408496231_moAgj" title="Silver Mountain benchmark says 'China' placed in 1947"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2977/408496231_moAgj-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Silver Mountain benchmark says 'China' placed in 1947" title="Silver Mountain benchmark says 'China' placed in 1947" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2977/408496231_moAgj-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:50:23 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Our entry</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408495418_h7JTa" title="Our entry"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2967/408495418_h7JTa-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Our entry" title="Our entry" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2967/408495418_h7JTa-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:46:38 <p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com">Snow Nymph (snownymph)</a><br />Register</p><p><a href="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/6440740_ripc9#408494948_fK2qh" title="Register"><img src="http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2964/408494948_fK2qh-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Register" title="Register" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T05:09:54Z Snow Nymph (snownymph) http://snownymph.smugmug.com http://snownymph.smugmug.com/Desert-Peaks/2008-Oct-31-Silver-Mountain-in/IMG2964/408494948_fK2qh-Th.jpg 2008-10-31 17:44:27