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High ridge bushwhack


I climbed to this mountain ridge from Bear Lake.  On this climb,
I needed to bushwhack through a long steep forest with a complex 
system of ridges and gullies in order to gain the ridge.  A lot 
of compass navigation in order to find my way back to camp.

Three hikers got hopelessly lost in that forest a few years ago.
They were found by a search and rescue team and airlifted to
a hospital:




Nearing a high point on the ridge.
Elevation gain was just 1800' on this climb.
It was a 2800' elevation gain climbing California Peak:




The next high point comes into view:




Almost down to the saddle again.
The forested slope I'd bushwhacked is to the right:





Not far below the ridge line, I hiked
through a large section of these gnarly
trees covering a high "nob":












This old-timer visiting from Arkansas cooked
lunch for us two days in a row.  Fried trout
(which he had caught), fried potatoes, fried
onions and corn on the cob.

I told him I was a vegan, but I set it aside
for those two lunches:



We also hiked up to a nearby pass:






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