9 miles and 4000ft of gain out of the Trail Canyon Trailhead and the Charleston North Loop trail. The last half mile to the summit was a class 2 scramble (with a short class 3 chute to the summit plateau)
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7:30 start at the 7800ft Trail Canyon lot. Noone else in the lot this morning tho it would once again be full up when I returned.
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The start of the Trail Canyon trail to the left of the information board. That's Mummy up there on the horizon.
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An early look at the approach scree slope.
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Junction of the Trail Canyon and North Loop trails about an hour and 2 uphill miles into today's route.
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Looking across at Charleston.
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The scree slope directly ahead- though the trail would take a long switchback before reaching it.
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Cave Spring got some water. When I was here last week it was bone dry.
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The "Mummy Tree" marking the turnoff to Mummy Mountain.