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The final leg is an exposed scramble
to the summit with precipitous dropoffs.
Bell's
Canyon lies below on the East, but sheer cliffs line the West edge of
the scramble route.
Scott:
Just 500 feet up to the peak. Not far, but the most exposed part
of the mountain. The view just kept getting better all the way up. Upper Bell's and Big
Willow Canyons, Salt Lake and Utah Valleys all incredible from this
viewpoint. Only one
word can describe this place that few have been: Incredible. Worth
every step of pain on the way down.
Jeff: The north shoulder of the peak is wide open, nothing to block the views,
and the sights to the east are amazing: the endless granite of Upper
Bells swinging upward from the north, snow still clinging to the back
side of Lone Peak even though it was late August, and mountain range
after mountain range receding into the distance to the east. I could
have sat there for a couple hours, but knew that we had to get going.
Andrew:
Like he said, worth every step.
Ryan:
Wahou.

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