View from WalMart

by John Hamilton Farr on November 7, 2009 · 7 comments

Looking roughly southeast from the parking lot…do you know which peaks those are?

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David Culbertson November 8, 2009 at 10:15 pm: isn’t the one on the right Truchas?
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JHF November 9, 2009 at 9:01 am: No… I’ll post the answer shortly!
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John November 9, 2009 at 2:50 pm: US HIll and Jicarita?
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JHF November 9, 2009 at 2:58 pm: One of them is Jicarita. And I’m sure as hell not arguing with YOU, Mr. Plot-Out-the-Elevations-on-a-Fancy-Website!
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John November 10, 2009 at 8:25 am: Did not, did not, did not…. ;P
Jicarita I KNOW, and I’m guessing on US Hill… that’s just sort of where it OUGHT to be, given the number of times I’ve driven around it.
J
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John November 10, 2009 at 9:50 am: But now that you mention it…
Well, that CAN’T be US Hill. Jicarita Pk is at (true) 177° from the Walmart parking lot and US HIll is at 182°, or 5° to the RIGHT. Using Google Earth, it’s pretty easy to find the formation just to the north and slightly east of Jicarita, but it doesn’t give it a name. And I can’t find my map of Carson Nat’l forest, which might name it.
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John November 10, 2009 at 12:41 pm: I give up…. Neither the USFS map of Carson NF nor the USGS topo map or even the authoritative AAA “Map of Indian Country” give that feature on the left a name. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t have one… just not one that’s officially recognized. After all, according to the USGS, we can’t see Lobo Peak from here. It’s on the north side of the mountain and we see is calld Perra Peak!
J
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