{"id":4327,"date":"2022-07-13T17:42:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T17:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2022-08-03T15:26:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T15:26:31","slug":"twelvemile-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2022\/07\/13\/twelvemile-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelvemile Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, July 1, 2022<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/firelookouts\/2022\/07\/16\/drake-peak\/\">staying<\/a> at the nearby Drake Peak Lookout we did a few hikes. First up we drove to the South Fork Crooked Creek Trailhead and hiked north on the Fremont National Recreation Trail.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The parking area is quite large. I find it hard to believe that it ever fills up:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52212931963_d9b84f2f7a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Crooked Creek Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210621587_bd54e487c5_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw a nice variety of wildflowers at the trailhead:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211887884_e439fac947_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And lots of aspens:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211887399_b9bb1a48a6_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We set off up the trail, which is an old dirt road:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52212113740_74188e69b9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211627211_382b4c27df_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211900764_1065761c85_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211886789_b1e600633d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was the last trail marker we saw, pointing up the old road we were following:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52212112715_ae49d1497d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211626246_57cf536ec6_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We emerged from the trees into open sagebrush country:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210604767_60f132a80d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211630058_8c0d73e02b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211883849_78049987fc_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Right about here is where the old road ended:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211681056_0574382e2d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To the south we could see Drake Peak (left), Light Peak (center), and the ridge to the right where the Drake Peak lookout is (that&#8217;s right, the lookout is not actually located on Drake Peak itself):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210602892_3754b7be48_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zoomed-in on the lookout:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211651028_f435c21d31_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We searched around but we could not find any continuation of the road or any sign of the trail. (Later, looking at Google Earth, we would see that we had missed the spot a little ways back where the trail took off from the old road.) So we decided to head north cross-country and see if we came across the trail:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211911724_410286e814_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had nice views:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210630732_3290d29a8f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210630232_044b155684_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw a lot of wildflowers but somehow I didn&#8217;t end up taking many photos of them. It didn&#8217;t take long before we decided that the sidehill hiking without benefit of a trail was too difficult. We decided to go straight uphill to the top of Twelvemile Peak above us:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211909924_7f11794ae4_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211909259_2f91af2db0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back down at distant tiny Greg climbing up behind me:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211654223_6ba1a26799_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a steep climb we reached a saddle between the two peaks of Twelvemile. The north peak:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210628402_f722169c12_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The south peak and true summit:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52212119475_8d9c58a554_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking down onto the saddle:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211906799_400e56bb9f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was getting warm so we decided to sit in the shade of some trees in the saddle instead of on the shadeless summit. From this spot we had a good view to the east:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211687626_d63f8c7d3b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211708483_5af57d91a4_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211707803_6d813ae16e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After our break we went up to the summit of Twelvemile. Looking south at Drake Peak and Light Peak:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211685681_f7ddf9e538_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking east:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210679357_415ccda7c7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking north:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210678777_5755ed6d4d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the summit we made our steeply back down the slope, then over to the old road. I didn&#8217;t take any pictures along that part, but did take some flower photos while waiting for Greg to catch up (there was MUCH botanizing by him today):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210677407_a3dc51a3fd_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211703613_b7f3730657_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A lone and hardy tree:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211681741_2c38c8c138_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hiking the road back to the trailhead:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52212111285_50c72a8671_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back at Twelvemile Peak:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211680511_3affb40445_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52212166275_1e999ba4bb_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210618732_9783e4f8dd_c.jpg\" alt=\"Twelvemile Peak Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 2.5 miles, 1,050&#8242; elevation gain.<\/p>\n<p>After that hike we visited Abert Rim, a former lookout site. There&#8217;s a road that goes there:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211746356_cbcdfb51de_c.jpg\" alt=\"Abert Rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had some nice views from the rim:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211747631_b6899821a6_c.jpg\" alt=\"Abert Rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211766758_c1d924162c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Abert Rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52212231310_0dd109abc2_c.jpg\" alt=\"Abert Rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211748556_fd2c785c82_c.jpg\" alt=\"Abert Rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210746697_a7f0501f33_c.jpg\" alt=\"Abert Rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw the old footings from the tower that once stood here:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52210740812_fc2f5f1f96_c.jpg\" alt=\"Abert Rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52211765978_2924ff2102_c.jpg\" alt=\"Abert Rim\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is an undated photo of the lookout that was built in 1932 and removed in 1976:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/abert-rim.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oregonlookouts.weebly.com\/uploads\/1\/5\/9\/1\/1591048\/8260028_orig.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, July 1, 2022 While staying at the nearby Drake Peak Lookout we did a few hikes. 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