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Billy's Peak
10/13/05

11 members showed up on this mild November day for the dirt road hike up Deep Creek, and it was a hike on dirt, the only snow was higher, on north facing shaded slopes. Where the road/trail crosses the creek, we veered west, cross-county on game trails to the talus field below Billy’s Peak. The exposure allowed us to kick snow steps up to the north side of the peak, then a scramble up the rock to the summit, being careful not to shower those below with the abundant loose shelves. Respects paid to Billy, we signed the log, and took awhile admiring the views & lichen and calibrating/comparing a fistful of GPS’s. Eventually we saddled up and scrambled down the southeast side, then along the ridge between the Deep Creek and Pole Creek drainages. A peek of the Bradley hut and the terrain where we have had past trainings, then further along the ridge, admiring bear tracks, and more GPS tweaking. Eventually we dropped back down the north facing slope towards the Deep Creek trail. A fun decent, with enough snow cover over rock and fallen trees to qualify the down hike as a semi-controlled slap-stick slide. We all landed safely on the trail and finished the hike back to 89. 3338’ vertical gain spread over a 9.61 mile round trip romp – Another great day getting some exercise, enjoying where we live, and getting more familiar with our stomping grounds. Thanks to Mikey for stepping in for Paul, thanks to everybody for bits and pieces of useful lore. To Billy, my high school buddy from the 60’s, dude, I’ll bet you are the only guy who went to Watsonville High to have a mountain named after you.

All photos and text by David Wright.

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