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2 summits • 4.1 mi • 992 ft gain • 2 hr 37 min
1 summit • 9.0 mi • 1,138 ft gain • 4 hr 36 min
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"Hard fought couple miles on snowshoes up to Wysup. Tried to avoid private property, mostly unsuccessfully. Great view of the SGWA from the top. Considered extending the hike out to Three Sisters, but the winds were insane along the ridge. I'll have to save that one for another day." — edg • Feb 13, 2021
"Drove up jeep trail 1N30 from Coon Creek Cabin. Parked before the first intersection at +/- elev. 8,740’. Hiked westerly to the PCT, then continued westerly a short distance on the PCT to a cairn on the left. Followed cairns up to Wysup Peak. Then went back to jeep trail and hiked northerly to an abandoned jeep trail on the right before the next intersection. Followed it easterly to the first saddle, then continued easterly up to Peak 9074.
Checked the elevation of 4 or 5 rocky bumps. The first high point you see coming up, with the tree growing out of a big rock is Peak 9074 at N34.15823, W116.70058. Did not find a register." — thesearcherextraordinaire • May 18, 2019
"This amounted to a pleasant stroll in the forest. I started at the Onyx Summit parking area and picked up the Pacific Crest Trail heading south. The HPS hiking directions were a bit overthought when written. Instead of trying to figure out the details, I simply followed the PCT south for 4.4 miles to where I spotted a trail duck just to the right of the trail. I left the PCT here and followed the occasional trail duck and boot prints to the summit. Had to hop a few boulders on the summit, but after all, I had to be on the high point to make it official. Returned along the same route through nice scenery. " — MikeTeeples • Sep 2, 2018
"I used Route 1 of Sierra Club Peaks HPS for Wysup Peak, starting at Onyx Summit along Hwy 38. I took a very leisurely pace as I was enjoying identifying the plant life along the way. Despite the fact that Wysup Peak is about 550' higher than Onyx Summit, there is considerable up and down in both directions totaling about 1500' gain, but nothing severely steep; not even the ducked use path branching from the PCT up about 1/5 mile up a rocky gully to the minor class 2 scramble to the summit outcrop was very steep either. Botanically, the area runs a transition from a drier form of the Yellow Pine forest (Jeffrey Pine-White Fir), to high elevation pinyon-juniper (Sierra Juniper-Singleleaf Pinyon, with a smudge of Subalpine (Limber and Lodgepole Pine) in spots, so expect a very scenic and interesting hike, with great views on top and along the way. The Sierra Junipers are magnificent, with several old, wrangled specimens on the exposed slopes, and even some very tall, narrow ones mixing in with the White Fir, Jeffrey Pine, and Limber Pine. I also ran into botanist Tom Chester on the way back to the car; Chester compiles lists of the plant life along trails and in the mountains of ..." — brianpowell • Jul 30, 2018