Bighorn Mtn (10,997'); Dragon's Head (10,866') -- Full TR

[Hikin_Jim]

Thanks to your navigational tips and pictures...

Cool! Did you try going up via Lodgepole Saddle? I think it's a fun route. Of course I like off trail routes/old trails.

Speaking of photos, I took about 500 on that day, most of which weren't fully salient to the narration and were therefore not included. See samples below.

HJ

Pine Drops


Fungi. I've never seen more fungi in the SGW than on this trip.


Big Tree from the Sky High Trail.


Thunderheads.




Bicyclist high on San G


The Dragon's Head playing hide and seek in the clouds.


Ancient wood


Limber pine cones on the Dragon's Head


Cool krummholz






Dragon's head summit block


Sunset in the SGW

[Perry]

The peak in the SGW that I felt kind of ripped off on was Alto Diablo. Peak? You call that a peak? Dunno how it got lumped in with the Big Nine.
HJ

The name sounds like a tough peak.

[Hikin_Jim]

Well, you're walking along the trail, and you look up and see this:


You scramble 15 or 20 feet up and then walk along a ridge for another 15 or 20 feet, and you're at the top. It's all of two or three minutes off the trail.

HJ