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Recommends...
 By R.J. Secor. The High Sierra hiking/climbing guidebook. Amazingly exhaustive. An indispensible trip planning aid. |
Smith Peak
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We took a leisurely pace and arrived on the summit around 19:00. Views from Smith Peak's summit were astounding, and the campsite perfect. We could see deep into many important ranges: Matterhorn Peak, Mount Conness, and Mount Clark, to name a few. A consolidated snowfield blanketed Smith Peak's north slopes, providing an easy alternative to wading through manzanita hell, and also a readily available water supply for cooking and cleaning.
After a windless, warm night on the summit, we humped it down to the Dimond-O campground, where the three women stayed the next night while I headed back to Palo Alto.
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Department of Geophysics Stanford University |
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