Tom, Sooz, Joe (me) and Cori at Skilling Well. The starting point for our hike to Klinker Mountain.
Checking out the well.
Another view of Skilling Well. The pit was really deep.
The remains of an old car was just above the well.
Heading for the ridge that we will follow to the peak.
The starting point of the hike is at the right side of the little peak.
Looking down on the little peak from the ridge.
Sooz and Tom hiking around the first of four false summits along the ridge.
Sooz on the ridge.
Sooz's new Green Monkey.
Tom with the town of Johannesburg in the distance.
We took a break on the peak just before reaching Klinker.
Heading for Klinker.
Tom found a hawk wing near the peak.
Sooz and her Green Monkey.
Group shot on Klinker Mountain at 4,562 feet.
The summit register.
The register was placed here in 1991, not many folks visit this peak.
Cori on the peak.
Tom on the peak.
Cuddeback Lake and Fremont Peak to the southeast.
Searles Lake to the northeast.
Starting the hike back down.
Sooz and Tom
Hiking along.
Looking back at a couple of the false peaks.
Following the ridge down. Fremont Peat in the distance.
On the way down, we noticed what looked like a pool on top of the little peak by where we parked.
Zoomed in on the peak. We decided to check it out.
Cori on the rim of what must have been a reservoir for Skilling Well which is just below.
Tom looking into the pool.
Back at the vehicles. Tom was going head out, the rest of us were spending the night in the area.
Cori and Sooz watching the sunset.
Group shot by campfire light.
The next morning we decided to look for some petroglyghs that were shown on the topo map nearby.
On the short hike to the petroglyghs.
The map marked this site as Steam Well.
This must be the wellhead. It smelled like rotten eggs.
Sooz and Cori checking out the remains at the well site.
This cover was at the well site.
A short hike from the well we found the petroglyphs.
There was some patterns I never seen before.
Sooz thought this one looked like a dragonfly.
This one a guy with no pants holding a snake over his head.
More petroglyphs.
Petroglyphs
Bighorn sheep.
Sooz and Cori