SOTA – W6/ND-013 Porter Peak located in the Panamint Mtns of Death Valley NP
The goal. STEEP. South Park Canyon in distance. Slow and steady w breaks. Lovely place for last break on ascent. 400 feet to go! Trash. Mylar balloons land any and everywhere. almost there… Summit!! FT-60 w Diamond NR770 Huge flat summit- one section to the SE has some pine trees for shade. N towards Sentinel and Telescope Peaks East to Badwater Basin E E E SE Taking a different route down along ridge that connects w Roger’s Pass Beautiful view of South Park Canyon’s “Middle Park” area HEALTHY FOREST of dead/maturre/young pines and many shrubs and cacti. MASSIVE rock flow- extremely fun to hike through. Endless variation and inspiration found in rocks. Made it back w/o map to within 100 yards or so of my camp! Success and satisfaction!
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