a 3D map view of Wooly Horn Ridge




a 3D aerial photo of Wooly Horn Ridge



a shaded relief view of Wooly Horn Ridge showing the route to Tomlike Mtn.


a topo map of Wooly Horn Ridge
The in and out trail part is shown in purple.  The off trail part is shown in black .  The return trail part is shown in red.

elevation profile derived from GIS information

actual elevation profile recorded by GPS

The units are different but the shape shows accuracy and reliability of modern electronic mapping and navigation.


Friends Of The Gorge hike June 11, 2005


fording the east fork of Herman Creek  -  This turned out to be cold but easy.

climbing the rockfall  -  This is hard but easier than back in the woods.


the view from the rockfall down into Herman Creek


steep climbing in the woods  -  This was some of the best off-trail hiking I've found in the Gorge.


some nasty  brush (and it was wet) - An off-trail Gorge hike isn't complete without some vine maple.


I thought this was a particularly nice part of the ridge.
It was steep but the way was clear.

This is actually the top of the ridge.  The trees start  lower on the sides but reach above the bare part of the ridge.  The "little bump" is visible in the background.  The elevation profile above shows that the little bump (at about 6 miles in) is not really significant compared to the whole climb. You can see that the weather is getting worse.

 

This is near the top.   It was raining , but the wind was so strong that only one side of you got wet.  And we couldn't see much of anything, a true mountain experience.

This is what the same place looked like two years ago on June 6.

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