We had decided to climb Missouri Mountain, which is near Oxford and Belford, which we'd climbed two years prior. We picked an alternate route up to the summit, which we thought would be more pleasant...unfortunately, it turned out to be a very steep slog, with an exciting 4WD lead in and out as well! Thankfully, we summited, so we don't have to do that one again!
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A ridgeline south of Huron Peak
Lonny, with slightly angelic lighting
Iowa Peak towering above the valley
The steep grassy hillside 1300 feet high we had to ascend
Shari and Brian on the trail
1,300 feet of grassy misery
Lisa, ascending the grassy knoll
Huron in the distance, plus a perspective on the slope of ascent
A Lake Fork valley panorama
Shari, up on the ridge (13,900 feet) that snakes up to the summit
The summit of Missouri, with people visible on it
Brad, Shari, Lonny, Brian, and Lisa on the summit
Lisa and Brian on the summit
Lisa, enjoying her high-tech freeze dried ice cream
Looking back on Pt. 13,930 and the descent route (down the the left)
Belford Peak, visible across Missouri Gulch, which drops down over 1,500 feet below
Lonny and Brad descending below some broken cliffs
Our return route through a small scrambling section
A rain squall moves over Huron
Shari and Lisa descending the talus covered slope
Shari, Brad, and Lonny, resting by a cairn
Lonny's sauntering descent from Missouri
Sunlight illuminates a peak at the end of the valley
Brad descends the 4WD road
The first, and shallowest, stream crossing on the return journey
The first, and shallowest, stream crossing on the return journey
The second stream crossing had some much deeper spots
The second return stream crossing with the jaunt around the island
The Land Cruiser plunges into the second, deeper, stream crossing (1 of 4)
The Land Cruiser plunges into the second, deeper, stream crossing (2 of 4)
The Land Cruiser plunges into the second, deeper, stream crossing (3 of 4)
The Land Cruiser plunges into the second, deeper, stream crossing (4 of 4)
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