{"id":4797,"date":"2020-07-17T22:59:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T14:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2024-08-09T04:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T20:04:57","slug":"20200717hyndman-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/17\/20200717hyndman-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 of 2020 Idaho Trip, Hyndman Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second day of my Idaho trip. I planned to summit Hyndman Peak. At an elevation of 3660m, it’s the tallest of Pioneer Mountains. Rated as class 2, it\u2019s one of the easiest 12’ers of the state. Unfortunately, my badly-picked outfit added quite some difficulty and misery to my trip.<\/p>\n

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Before my trip, the daunting Borah Peak as Idaho\u2019s tallest mountain with its precarious approach of Chicken-Out-Ridge and talus-filled slopes seemed a bit intimidating to me, as I hadn\u2019t had any challenging day-hikes for almost a year. So I planned today\u2019s trip to Hyndman Peak as some sort of rehearsal\/practice for Borah Peak later in the week, as on paper Hyndman Peak was easier than Borah Peak, the former being class 2 and the latter being class 3. But it\u2019s nonetheless physically demanding, as it\u2019s a 20km roundtrip hike with 1500m in elevation gain.<\/p>\n

After visiting numerous waterfalls along Snake River the previous day, I opted for some good overnight rest and a relatively late departure time of 10am, which wasn\u2019t too bad given the long hours of daylight.
\nIt’s a short drive from my Airbnb in Hailey to the trailhead of Hyndman Peak, unfortunately, the last 9.5km of which was unpaved and not in very good shape. (By which I mean, CDW recommended for rented sedan.)<\/span> So by the time I stretched up my legs and was ready to go, it was 11am.<\/p>\n

Here’s GPS tracking for the day:
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