Sunday, August 11, 2019

Eagle Cap

Objective: Eagle Cap 9,572'.

Date: August 5-7, 2019.

Partners: Deez, dozens of other people and thousands of mosquitoes.

Links: StravaSummit PostTerminal Gravity Brewing in Enterprise, Oregon.


You climb a bunch of mountains and nobody really cares, but you make one wrong turn and you'll never live it down.  We still got the peak and still had a great trip despite my ineptitude adding about 4 miles and 1,000 feet of vert.

The original plan was an out-and-back route that had us staying at Mirror Lake for two nights and summiting Eagle Cap on day 2.  The improvised plan called for a loop with one night at Minam Lake and one night at Mirror Lake.  Minam Lake was awesome but busy and the bugs weren't bad.  Mirror Lake was C-R-A-Z-Y busy, people everywhere and the bugs were awful (kind of expected).  Camp sites were not great and offered little shade.  Terminal Gravity Brewing was awesome for post hike nourishment .


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