Distance

2.0 mi to summit

4.1 mi total

Elevation

6,698 ft start

Vertical

1,143 ft gain

Time

1 hr 7 min to summit

2 hr 20 min total

The original plan was to go climb Gold Mountain and have a "Silver and Gold" day ( I climbed Silver Peak earlier). Along the way to Gold Mountain is Peak 7893, which I had not visited before. To get there, I walked up an "offroaders" route which is Forest Road 3N69, also known as Gold Mountain Road. This is truly a road devised in hell. I was glad that I parked along the side of Highway 18 instead of driving on it at any point. This rocky road was repelling assorted jeep drivers from making it all the way up on my visit. Meanwhile, I made my way to Peak 7893. From the top I had great views of the mostly dry Baldwin Lake. It also had a great view of Gold Mountain, which was about 0.75 miles away. Unfortunately, my phone was dying. I made a non-hiking but current technology decision to head back to the car instead. I wanted to be sure to get a complete GPX reading of the hike, but continuing on to Gold Mountain would have given me a partial reading. I made the quick calculation based upon the fact that I had already been on Gold Mountain before anyway. Unfortunately, that is one of the drawbacks to using a cell phone to track hikes.

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