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* Brian Hamilton - Leader
(Photo credit BH) * Marci Hampton * Roy McCormick |
* George Jobanek - Assistant
leader * Andy Jobanek |
Trip Report: Four of the originally planned six Obsidian members met at
South Eugene HS at 1700 Saturday for the carpool to Diamond Lake CG. One had
elected not to go and one was working late and would meet us at the campground.
Conditions at Diamond Lake were unseasonable cool and showery with new snow
visible on Mt Bailey to the west of the lake.
The five of us started hiking from the deserted Thielsen trailhead at 0510 and made good time up to the PCT junction, where we caught glimpses of the peak through the clouds. Conditions improved and by the time we reached "chicken point" the sun was shining and the winds were calm. After prussicking up Brian's fixed line we all enjoyed the beautiful view from a cloudless and bug free 9,184' summit around 0845.
The hike out was uneventful. We passed quite a few hikers, climbers, and Deschutes Mountain Rescue folks headed up the trail (They were training). We arrived back at the now crowded trailhead at 1215.
Mount Thielsen info from Wikipedia
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Here is our GPS track from the climb. (Garmin GPSmap 60CSx):
GPS analysis by Garmin Connect