Mummy's Nose (10,748 feet)

4 miles up and back with 2700 feet of elevation gain.

Spring Mountains, Nevada

August 19, 2007


01Mummy view from Lee Canyon road

02View of ascent gully and peaks

03Parking

04On route to trailhead

05Unofficial trailhead

06The way to the gully

07On route to the gully

08On route to the gully

09On route to the gully

10In the gully

11Looking back in the gully

12Typical scenery in the gully

13Looking ahead in gully

14In ascent gully

15On route up the gully

16On route up the gully

17On route up the gully

18In the gully

19In the gully

20On route to saddle

21Vistas

22Spring Mountains

23Macks Peak

24Bonanza Peak

25On route to saddle

26The saddle is near

27Break at the saddle

28View from the saddle

29On route to the chute

30Chute to the ridge

31At the bottom of the chute

32On route up the chute

33Traversing

34On the ridge

35Among bristlecone pines

36Among bristlecone pines

37Bristlecone pine

38Another bristlecone

39Bristlecone

40Bristlecone and Mummys Chin

41Looking ahead on ridge

42On route up the ridgeline

43Summit comes to view

44Cliffs of Mummy

45Bristlecone roots

46On route to the summit

47On route to the summit

48On route to the summit

49On route to the summit

50View of Forehead and Chin

51Rock Spirea

52Bee collecting nectar

53On the summit

54On the summit

55Summit vistas

56The summit

57View of Tummy and Toe

58View of Forehead and Chin

59Descending on the ridge

60Descending on the ridge

61On the ridge

62Descending the chute

63Descending the chute

64Back in the gully

65Descending

66On route down the gully

67Descending

68Posing

69Still in the gully

70Approaching nice tall firs

71A look back

72Hiking out of the gully

73We are out of the gully

74Passing by leaning fir

75Leaning fir

76A look back

77A look back

78Cliffs of Mummy

79A look back at Mummy cliffs

80Moon has risen

81Rabbitbrush in bloom

82GPS trace of the route

83Profile of the hike