Objective: Dollar Mountain 6,638'.
Stats: 2 miles with 700 feet of ascent in 1:13 round trip.
Difficulty: Class 1. Easy, short hike.
Links: Lists of John. Strava.
We had to move some plans around after a vehicle failure last week while enroute to the White Clouds that foiled yet anther stab at actually getting our boots on, not to mention trying to get Landen up Blackmon Peak. Long story made moderately short, we took him with us up to Sun Valley where Deez had a work conference going on. There were other plans made for this week, but due to the weather closing in, those got tossed to the side.
So there we were with a full day in Sun Valley with nothing to do. Other than snag a warm-up peak of course! I chose Dollar Mountain due to the fact that it is actually in town, looked to be very easy and could offer up some good views despite not being very tall.
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| Dollar Mountain from the parking lot. |
We started from the ski lodge at the base and followed a gravel trail along a ski lift.
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| Start of the trail. |
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| Sun Valley. |
The trail we followed was steep in a couple places but really quite easy.
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| The southern edge of the Boulder Mountains. |
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| Highpoint. |
It didn't take long to make our way to the highpoint and soon we were enjoying the views of Bald Mountain, the southern Boulder Mountains, and Johnstone Peak.
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| Bald Mountain. |
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| Johnstone Peak. |
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| Looking south down the Wood River Valley. |
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| Summit! |
After a snack and a little time on top, we followed the same route back to the car. Moving on to bigger things!
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